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Kevin Sauce
Junior
Posts: 2
From: Sachse, TX, USA
Registered: Dec 2011


 - posted December 13, 2011 10:25 AM      Profile for Kevin Sauce     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Does this projector have a speed control? Looking at one online to buy. Thanks

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

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From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003


 - posted December 13, 2011 10:46 AM      Profile for Steve Klare   Email Steve Klare   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Hi Kevin,

Sort of....

There are two potentiometers mounted on a printed circuit board which is on the bottom of the chassis and inside the back cover. One adjusts the 18 FPS projection speed, the other the 24 FPS.

I adjusted mine for true 18 and 24 after I changed the motor. I'm not sure how much adjustability is available away from these speeds if for example you want to do telecine work with this machine.

The pain of it too is because of the inertia of the transport system, you tend to overshoot adjustments with these. At first I'd adjust it quickly and be satisfied with the speed only to find it kept going after I stopped adjusting, then I had to do it the other way with similar results.

The key is to make small changes, stop, let it settle, and and do it again in smaller and smaller adjustments until you are dead on. Otherwise you wind up chasing it all over the place.

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All I ask is a wide screen and a projector to light her by...

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