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Lee Mannering
Film God

Posts: 3216
From: The Projection Box
Registered: Nov 2006

posted June 24, 2019 07:46 AM

Or you learn something every day!

A recent purchase was a anamorphic lens I had never seen before or even heard of made for Sankyo 8mm projectors. It's a cute little lens suffering from advanced fungus inside but we soon stripped it down and now like new again. Along with this I got hold of a f1 lens for my Noris (aka Fujicascope) a very small light weight sound projector. I was going to make another scope lens bracket but found with a little packing the Sankyoscope would fit inside the front of the lens and worked very well.

I'm impressed with the little light weight Sankyoscope lens and also the Fuji f1 lens which is really sharp and bright adding a bit more sparkle to the projected scope image from the modest projector. Next job is to do another 2 blade shutter conversion.

This will be handy come Christmas for taking out and about.

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

Posts: 7016
From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted June 24, 2019 08:04 AM

Hats off to you, Lee!

-I've never successfully brought a lens back from the dreaded fungus!

(I might as well grab a shovel and bury them out in the yard!)

I've found my Eumig 800 series does really well through an anamorphic, but there is no graceful way to mount it up.

For Elmo I'm doing fine. The last time I was in Germany I bought two FFR brackets.

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

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Lee Mannering
Film God

Posts: 3216
From: The Projection Box
Registered: Nov 2006

posted June 24, 2019 11:21 AM

Did stick my neck out some time ago on the first Elmo f1 with el fungo in and after that did think all was possible, but I'm no expert with lens repairs.

The Sankyoscope was just a few pounds so not much of a worry. I shifted the fungus with washing up liquid then ran under a warm tap, dry and wipe with a proper lens cleaner. Put the thing back together and tested.

Results

That Fuji f1 lens delivers the goods for sure.

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Paul Browning
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1006
From: West Midlands United Kingdom
Registered: Aug 2011

posted June 25, 2019 11:16 AM

You got lucky lee, washing up liquid has salt in it, so don't wash your car with it, or the paint will be scratched. I was told that de ionised water is far safer by a martin lighting technician. Looks pretty good, Fuji lens used in the tv cameras, nice bits of glass......

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