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Alan Smith
Junior
Posts: 16
From: Austin, TX, USA
Registered: May 2007

posted June 02, 2007 07:25 PM

It's fate. I've been lurking and slurping up the tidbits, and waiting for my registration to clear so I could ask advise of this august body.

Couldn't wait, heard from a gentleman with a BOLEX 18 5 L to sell, and the FedEx bloke dropped it off at the gate at the very same time as my registration came through! Very strange. My Elmo ST 1200 D died (fan stopped working) not ten minutes before the FedEx truck drove up.

What a jewel! I love it, quiet, smooth, compact and relative light, and the lens: the late model zoom (I'd rather have a prime), but it really is an improvement on the Elmo f1.3 zoom.

Now if I can find some great silent movies in S8. Actually I'd like to make some. My hobby, if hobby is the word for something that can take 12 hours of the day is trying to write and film stories in S8 (preferably silent) or with voice over.

Regards, alan

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Douglas Meltzer
Moderator

Posts: 4554
From: New York, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted June 02, 2007 08:33 PM

Alan,

Welcome to the Forum and congratulations on getting the Bolex! The 18-5 is a great little machine and it also looks very impressive just sitting out on display.
Tell us more about your poor ST1200. What functions still operate?

Doug

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Alan Smith
Junior
Posts: 16
From: Austin, TX, USA
Registered: May 2007

posted June 02, 2007 10:13 PM

I can't speak to any sound function as I've only shot silent film.

What seems to have failed is perhaps the control switch: the fan doesn't turn on nor does the drive, forward or reverse. The lamp turns on. Curiously, it seemed to function well, then not.

I suspect a "tuneup" is in order. Time is the issue.

Before it died I captured some footage to mini-dv, then the same footage from the BOLEX. I'm amazed to see the ELMO capture is extremely high contrast as compared with the 18-5 L. Perhaps because it's a brighter lamp? I even like the flicker effect.

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Dan Lail
Film God

Posts: 2110
From: Loganville, Georgia, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted June 02, 2007 11:15 PM

Hi, Alan! Welcome! Sounds like the ST-1200 needs a main drive belt. You can puschase a 4 belt set on Ebay form isellprojectorbelts. Mark is a good seller. [Smile]

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Lars Pettersson
Master Film Handler

Posts: 282
From: Stockholm, Sweden
Registered: Jan 2007

posted June 03, 2007 07:35 AM

I also have Elmo ST spares [Wink]

Cheers,
Lars

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Alan Smith
Junior
Posts: 16
From: Austin, TX, USA
Registered: May 2007

posted June 03, 2007 09:15 AM

Mr's Lail & Pettersson, thank you for the happy suggestion re. the drive belts. I was about to tear into the switch assembly thinking it was an intermittent contact issue.

I noticed the belts [2] driving the speed control rollers that seem to drive the shutter might be a source of trouble as the rear most of them flops rather loosely. I put it out of mind because the front belt is tight. My mistake, obviously.

thanks again, alan

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Osi Osgood
Film God

Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005

posted June 03, 2007 04:07 PM

I don't know squat about belts, but welcome to the forum!

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Mark Williams
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 846
From: West Sussex
Registered: Mar 2007

posted June 03, 2007 04:24 PM

Same here!!

Welcome to the Forum Alan.

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Joe Caruso
Film God

Posts: 4105
From: USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted June 04, 2007 04:54 PM

Welcome Alan, any questions or information on Super and Std 8 shorts, I'm the guy that can usually answer - Welocme again, Shorty

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Michael De Angelis
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1261
From: USA
Registered: Jul 2003

posted June 07, 2007 08:40 PM

Did I just hear someone say "Welocme?"

Alan,
Me too, to you.

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Isn't it great that we can all communicate about this great
hobby that we love!

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Michael De Angelis
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1261
From: USA
Registered: Jul 2003

posted June 07, 2007 08:52 PM

Did I just hear someone say "Welocme?"

Alan,
Me too, to you.

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Isn't it great that we can all communicate about this great
hobby that we love!

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Dan Lail
Film God

Posts: 2110
From: Loganville, Georgia, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted June 07, 2007 09:59 PM

What the! what the! [Big Grin]

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