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Author Topic: Lens Files with Barco "EVENT" lenses? Barry Floyd Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1079 From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 03-04-2013 07:31 PM                        Setting up my drive-in tonight and trying to write lens files for the Barco DP2K-23B. Because of our throw distance (350 feet) we were spec'd an "EVENT" Zoom lens - (Barco Part No. R9852920) with a ratio of 5.5 - 8.5. The test patterns and pictures on the screen are absolutely gorgeous, but our installation technician tells me there is no way to save the lens macro files. After spending $150k - am I REALLY gonna have to throw a test pattern on the screen and ZOOM the test pattern on screen in front of my customers to change from Flat to scope? Anybody else dealt with this?  |  IP: Logged Joe Elliott Master Film Handler Posts: 497 From: Port Orange, Fl USA Registered: Oct 2006 posted 03-04-2013 11:03 PM                     Since the lens was designed for a different projector, it may be that you can't save on the 23B. There is only a generic manual on that lens on My.barco.com. Best to call Barco and ask that question. Perhaps there is a work around the installer is not aware of. 1-866-465-3015 Their NOC personnel are still there at least till 1am Eastern time.  |  IP: Logged Phil Ranucci Expert Film Handler Posts: 236 From: Carpinteria,CA, United States Registered: May 2006 posted 03-04-2013 11:42 PM                     Have you opened up Communicator and seen if the lens is listed in the files sent with the machine? If not, try calling it a lens that IS listed and if it's a motorized zoom I don't see why you can't try storing presets and seeing if the are repeatable. If it's a manual zoom, put some tape around the zoom ring and mark scope and flat points on the tape. That's what we did with a DP100 that had a manual lens mount.  |  IP: Logged Dave Macaulay Film God Posts: 2321 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Apr 2001 posted 03-05-2013 01:52 PM                     Assuming this is a motorized lens and the electrical connector mates OK: 1) Find the lens manufacturer, it should be printed or stickered or etched on the lens somewhere - Minolta, Kyocera, Innovision... whatever. 2) In "installation" "lens" choose a new lens. Look for the largest throw ratio lens by the same manufacturer. After changing, try a home & return. If that works try setting up two lens files and switch between them, if that works OK all is well. If not...? The different manufacturers use different lens motor voltages and encoder specs and that's all set up when you choose that lens, but you can generally assume that all of one brand will be consistent. The "oddball" lenses not in the projector lens list that I've installed have worked fine using this method.  |  IP: Logged Marco Giustini Film God Posts: 2713 From: Reading, UK Registered: Nov 2007 posted 03-05-2013 03:08 PM                     What Dave said. Unfortunately you need to reset and home-and-return the lens every time you change it, but it should work ok. Obviously, if you call the wrong lens file you'll have unpredictable results. Possibly your installer was trying to set a lens file without resetting and homing the lens first.  |  IP: Logged Barry Floyd Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1079 From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 03-06-2013 12:54 AM                        Thanks everyone for your suggestions. Found out from another drive-in owner in Texas with the same lens to tell the projector to select the "INVISION 1.2 DC2K 2.8 - 5.5" lens file and it worked perfectly. Our installation tech tried it and it works flawlessly. Hopefully this will help other folks out who run into the same problem.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 03-06-2013 12:21 PM                     What you did is perfectly fine, but just out of curiosity, is the actual event lens you got an Invision brand?  |  IP: Logged Dave Macaulay Film God Posts: 2321 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Apr 2001 posted 03-06-2013 06:57 PM                     Barco warned me that using a different brand than your actual lens could damage the projector output board or the lens motor.  |  IP: Logged Barry Floyd Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1079 From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 03-06-2013 09:11 PM                        Our lens is a Barco HD2k(5.5 - 8.5)SXGA+(8.1-12.4):1 All seems well with it currently. I'm hunting and pecking on this GDC touchpanel tonight trying to build my first shows.  |  IP: Logged Tom Bert Expert Film Handler Posts: 134 From: Belgium Registered: Apr 2010 posted 03-07-2013 02:07 AM                     What Barry did is indeed OK. XLD lenses are compatible with DP2K-B series projectors (mechanical, motorisation,...) In order to get the correct and accurate positioning, it is indeed important to select a lens of the same brand in Communicator software  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 03-07-2013 01:12 PM                     Wait..you paid $150k and got a GDC server? Wow. My sincere condolences.  |  IP: Logged Marco Giustini Film God Posts: 2713 From: Reading, UK Registered: Nov 2007 posted 03-07-2013 03:54 PM                     Dave, Considering that sometimes it's a challenge to recognise the lens brand (if the same lens is available from two manufacturers and there is nothing on the lens itself), I'm now scared!  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 03-07-2013 06:29 PM                     I've found it pretty easy to tell the brands. Minoltas: The lenses are often "straight" but the motor cover will wrap a bit around the lens. Look for the Minolta part number sticker on the lens. It will be of the form "A000....." If the lens caps are still on/with the lens, the front cap will have no writing but will step up and look almost like a drink coaster. The rear cap looks like a childs tea cup without the handle. Fujinon: These lenses are almost always stepped (particularly as compared to the Minolta or InVision). The front lens cap is plastic and will have the Fujinon name on the cap. The rear cap will look like a smaller version of the front cap but sans writing. The motor cover wraps around the lens a little. InVision: An understatement in packaging (just a strip of foam around the whole lens. An overstatement in weight. If you have a heavy torpedo in your hands, it is likely an InVision. The front lens cap is domed. The rear lens cap is flat but a very tight fit. The Motor cover is shaped like an "L" and is flat.  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 03-07-2013 07:06 PM                     Any comment towards the quality of these three? Mechanical, picture-wise? - Carsten  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 03-07-2013 09:19 PM                     Personally, I have found that they all have their good and bad batches. I think Minolta has had a better track record for me than the other two. The InVision issues with NEC projectors is also well known.  |  IP: Logged

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