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Topic: sankyo stereo 800/user report/view.
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Andrew Wilson
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 784
From: dundonald,belfast,co.antrim,northern ireland.
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted July 18, 2006 10:29 AM
Hi there everyone.i thought i would give my views on this
excellent stereo machine.
It was Paul Adsett who give me the idea,following his superb
review of the Eumig S938.
Anyway here it goes...
This machine came out in the spring of 1978;and its one of the
best ever.
The stereo 800 was slightly larger than the old 700 model,and
was Sankyo's top model..there it remaimed.
The finish is in black,with white function labelling.
Threading is fully automatic and very reliable,the film could be removed part way thru,by taking of the front cover and pushing open the gudies and pressure plate.
it takes super 8 and single 8 film;it came with an 800 ft take
up reel as a standard accessory.
Another good idea was the heads only come into contact with
sound film only.neat.
A large rotary switch control all projectors funcations.
Thats the movement of the film,reverse and forward projection
and of course sound and lamp postions.
The height was changed by turning of the front foot.
There's an inching knob that worked well.
This was a rather cunning design,since it doesn't revolve while
the projector is running.A good safety point!.
To advance the film by the knob,it must be pushed in and then
turned.For sync use that knob is useful,because exactly the right start frame can be movedinto the gate.useful for cueing sequences.
There was two lens used with this machine-the supplied one was
Sankyo's f/1.4 with 15-25mm and a f/1.0 15-30mm zoom lens.
The lamp is a 15v/150watt type,with a dichroic mirror.
This of was meant that the light output would be excellent
and so it is.Sankyo also give us a high/low light output.
I was delighted in the light output,the low is excellent for
normal home shows.
Anyway as its name suggests this was a stereo model and
it lives up to that.
It's one of the best sounding projectors i'd ever heard
and still is.The feature list is superb with sound dubbing,mixing
and track to track transfer.
Sankyo supplied a pair of stereo headphones with this machine,
and one mic.Also sankyo give a 5 pin din/rec/playback/;two line inputs,two outs and headphone socket.The line/mic inputs/outputs
are of the 3.5mm jack type.Headphone is the 6.3mmjack.
I use my Sankyo stereo 800 a lot,to me its one of the easist
machine ever!.
The internal speakers are in my view the best i've ever heard,
A great machine,i use this as a back up for my ELMO GS1200;in
some ways the 800 is better;its smaller in size and much more
easy to use.Track one of those cracking 800s down,you will not
be dissapointed.A real cracker.Andy.
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Jan Bister
Darth 8mm
Posts: 2629
From: Ohio, USA
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted August 04, 2006 03:10 PM
I do!
It's well-designed (...except for certain models that have no fuses whatsoever...) ... bright light, gentle and reliable film transport, not too noisy, very good sound (and very good stability too, no wow/flutter whatsoever) - has a wealth of possible combinations of single-track or stereo recording/mixing/monitoring - IMHO a really nice machine for those who can't afford a GS-1200 but still want true stereo from their films. Pity the Hi-Pro 1:1.0 lens is so hard to find (and actually the focus adjustment is too coarse too, it takes a bit of fine-tuning to get it just right).
Overall I like this machine quite a lot. (I got 2, actually - one that I've been trying to sell unsuccessfully, and one that would run perfectly except the motor control board appears to be bad, so I'm hoping to find another for-parts machine down the road.)
There's one minor design flaw: when switching into forward projection mode (particularly after running in reverse) it takes a moment for the take-up reel to get up to speed. In the meantime a loop of film forms which is then pulled straight with a sudden jerk by the reel. Not a good thing especially for acetate film... so I like to turn the reel by hand for a moment while I engage forward mode, and then I let go and all is well.
But other than that... Thumbs up! ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Call me Phoenix. *dusts off the ashes*
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