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Topic: Prinz is a Eumig!
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Rob Young.
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1633
From: Cheshire, U.K.
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted September 24, 2009 11:27 AM
Paul, my S810D is the same as this one; you focus the lens barrel manually
I love my S810D which I use for Standard 8 films, but have just realised that although it is the LUX version with the bright f1.1 lens, that it is only an 18mm-28mm lens and that the f1.3 in this machine is a 15mm-30mm...so if I put this lens on the D I'll get a much bigger standard 8 image (albeit a bit dimmer).
This is just getting better !
One unusual design feature on this Prinz is that with the front cover in place, you cannot reach the 24-18 fps speed change switch, unlike the front cover on a Eumig. Odd?!
EDIT: Aha! Paul, you are right! I have just checked the manual for my S810D LUX and the standard versions do indeed have a focus knob as you say, but the LUX versions dispense with it and zoom / focus is acheived via the lens barrel; there is an additional page inserted into the manual to explain this (which is why I didn't miss it).
Looks like the Prinz may have shaved some cost off the projector by not including the focus knob with the standard f1.3 version. However, you can still get pin sharp, consistent focus just by adjusting the lens barrel as instructed in the Prinz manual!
FURTHER EDIT! : Paul, I'm so grateful you've pointed this out because something else has just become clear to me. I just remembered that I do have a spare f1.3 15-30mm from a discarded Eumig 800 series that oddly would never fit the S810D LUX. Looking at it now it seems to be designed with a notch in the barrel, perhaps for use with a side focus knob, unlike the f1.1 in the LUX which has a screw thread.
The f1.3 15-30mm in the Prinz has a threaded barrel, just like the LUX lens and so fits perfectly into the S810D and provides a much bigger image from standard 8! [ September 24, 2009, 12:46 PM: Message edited by: Rob Young. ]
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