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Topic: My GS-1200 Just Bit the Dust
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Claus Harding
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1149
From: Washington DC
Registered: Oct 2006
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posted October 20, 2011 10:23 PM
I like the GS, but....this is getting bad.
The machine has never inspired the trust in me the ST-1200HD does, in terms of just running and not acting up.
I had a trailer reel on when all of a sudden, the transport stopped with the lamp on. Blob on screen, me lunging for the light switch...I checked everything, film wasn't jammed, and hit it one more time. 5 Seconds and bang, once again.
I took film out, ran the machine empty. After about 10 seconds, it did it again, it waited about 3 seconds and started back up. Then it did it again, waited, then ran slowly. At that point the acrid smell of burnt electronics was suddenly filling the air, so I shut it down.
The speed issue has always been there with this one. Sometimes the variable speed wouldn't work, or work only in the "slower" direction; sometimes the machine itself was sluggish....I guess Leon will get Christmas money from me
Has anyone had this problem with their GS? Any suggestions as to what is happening? I imagine whatever central board runs the projection speed has gone bad. The rewind was working fine, but then that is a dedicated little motor which presumably runs "on its own time."
I did not need this...I was about to send my ST-1200 up for a bit of regular maintenance, and now the Big Boy has gone down. It makes a man think of having just STs with two-bladed shutters.
Claus.
-------------------- "Why are there shots of deserts in a scene that's supposed to take place in Belgium during the winter?" (Review of 'Battle of the Bulge'.)
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