Are there statements from Kodak employees who saw the Zfilm friday?

[David Josephs]

David - my feelings about the camera and the ability to change speeds:

If Zapruder tried to switch from 48fps to 16fps mid-shot (i.e. film passing through the gate) then one or more of at least three things would happen -

1) most likely, the pins moving the sprocket holes past the gate would shudder due to the sudden change in speed, the film loop leading to the gate would be lost, and the film would either jam or snap, or it would lose its registration point in the gate

2) if by lucky chance the film did continue to move, there would be obvious exposure issues for a fair number of frames as the camera's iris adjusted

3) even before the above occurred, the mere act of engaging the switch would create a visible disruption to the panning camera movement as it followed the limo.

my reservations about Z-film alteration are based on technical issues related to optical printing. I also tentatively think that answers to some Z-film anomalies lies in the mechanics of Zapruder's spring-wound camera. Related to that, I believe that the notion of expecting the Z-film to serve as any kind of accurate "clock" to events is misplaced faith, alteration or no alteration.

Might the CIA's reluctance to admit interest in the Z-film have anything to do with the report the NPIC presented on Nov 25 which stated there were at least two shooters?

So in essence Jeff you are saying the instructions from Kodak for their camera are wrong. Based on what, please do tell. You did see the instructions about the functions of the camera related to the speed change, right?

"You can switch from normal speed to slow motion and back again, without ever taking your finger off the Starting Button"

Have you actually used this camera and swtiched it back and forth to come to your conclusions... of are you just guessing? What WOULD or MIGHT have happened is not what DID happen.

Your reservations appear to be self perpetuating... that the Zfilm is a "clock" of the event is the entire purpose of this thread... only the SS/FBI/CIA/LIFE/WCR offered that conclusion... and for good reason.
In 1963 the "civilian" thought that a film or photo could be changed for evil purposes was not even in their universe.... If the Gov't said this film IS the event... who was to argue?

When all these groups get together to agree that a single peice of evidence is THE defining piece of EVIDENCE - like the Autopsy report - and we come to find there are MANY problems with authenticating that piece of evidence...

you might just want to look at the EVIDENCE itself, rather than guessing what might have been.

For example... how does a spring wound mechanism designed to run at 16fps at FULL WOUND SPEED average a HIGHER frame rate.... Even the boys at NPIC were stumped by that.



Jeff - if you'd like to present EVIDENCE that backs your theories, I'm all ears.

Yet all I've seen so far is :

"most likely the pin would shudder",
"there would be obvious exposure issues",
"would create a visible disruption"

Do you have ANY PROOF AT ALL imperical or implied that these thing would happen

"some anomalies... spring wound camera" - which anomalies are you referring to Jeff?

Would you please be specific in your discussion...
if you are saying the Zfilm is authentic... saying so and support it with something would be appreciated.

If you're just throwing thoughts against a wall which neither add to or refute what has been presented in this thread...
I'm afraid I simply have no common ground to discuss this topic with you.

Nothing you have posted so far has been accurate... in fact it has been completely the opposite.

What is your play here Jeff?