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Topic: Thoughts on Eumig S926 GL
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Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted June 19, 2009 02:23 PM
Hee hee, nice dig! (telecine).
I am the proud owner of a EUMIG 926 stereo projector, and it has incredible stereo playback. That, and it is very kind to my films. To this day, I have never had a scratched film (or scratching by it) in my EUMIG 926 (granted, I keep it quite clean too!). The only slight drawback is the rear reel set-up, but it isn't any big problem.
and that nice mixing console? Not only is it pretty, but very useful and functional. This was an audiophiles design!
Well worth the price, if your considering the "fake telecine" EUMIG 926, as long as its in good running order.
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Paul Adsett
Film God
Posts: 5003
From: USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted June 20, 2009 09:28 AM
Hi Simon,
I agree with Maurizio - the 938 is a much better projector than the 926, mainly because the 938 has a conventional 2 sprocket in-line film path. I do not like the 926's coaxial film path, which seems to result in vertical film jitter towards the tail end of a 600 foot reel. The coax path offers no advantage whatsoever over a conventional film path, and I am sure the Eumig designers went with the coaxial design at the dictate of their marketing department who wanted to come up with something different in projector design.
That aside, the 926 shares the same superb sound circuitry and recording console of the 938, and both projectors produce the best sound you will ever hear from super 8 stripe. Both projectors make great recording machines - much better than the Elmo's.
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The best of all worlds- 8mm, super 8mm, 9.5mm, and HD Digital Projection,
Elmo GS1200 f1.0 2-blade
Eumig S938 Stereo f1.0 Ektar
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Simon McConway
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1085
From: Doncaster, UK
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted June 24, 2009 05:32 PM
I now have this very good looking machine which I collected from Paul Foster. In terms of condition and working order, it really is excellent. The sound, I class as outstanding, especially when a stereo track is reproduced. Image is also rock-steady. You would not believe that only a 100 watt lamp is utilised, such is the brightness of the image. I used to have a later version, the S938, which uses the 150w lamp, and that image was hardly brighter than this machine. In fact, the newer 938 I used to have, wasn't as good as this example. The driving discs system is steady in terms of speed, unlike the S938 which produced wow on the sound thanks to the varying speed. This projector, as well as being immaculate, came with all the original paperwork: instructions, gaurantee and sound-test certificate in the form of a graph. My conclusion is that this machine can be relied upon to perform and not suffer from glitches. More costly Elmos I use sometimes make me wonder if they'll see me to the end of a show!
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