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William Fleming
Master Film Handler

Posts: 319
From: United Kingdom
Registered: Jul 2011

posted July 13, 2011 02:38 AM

I will be upgrading to one of these on Friday are they any good? i have only started this hobby but have quickly discovered my current gioca is not good at all apart from fact it doesnt work right.Thanks

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Mark Mander
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1236
From: Dunstable ,Bedfordshire.
Registered: Jan 2005

posted July 13, 2011 10:58 AM

Hi William,
I've had one of these machines,600ft capacity with mono sound.18-24fps fixed speed and 100w lamp with a 1.4 zoom lens,they run fairly quiet also.I found it very kind on film and never had any issues with it,always threaded first time every time,Should do you well,Mark.

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Elmo GS1200 1.0 lens
Elmo ST1200HD 1.1 lens
Sankyo 800 1.0 lens
Elmo 16CL
Elf NT1

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William Fleming
Master Film Handler

Posts: 319
From: United Kingdom
Registered: Jul 2011

posted July 13, 2011 11:07 AM

Thanks for that i fully trust the person i am getting it from so it should be fine.It will definatley be better than my current one which is not usable now as it destroys movies [Frown]

is £65 a fair price for it?

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Mark Mander
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1236
From: Dunstable ,Bedfordshire.
Registered: Jan 2005

posted July 13, 2011 11:24 AM

The price on them does vary but £65 is an o.k price for a decent one,you can get them for £20-30 but i've also seen them priced at £80-100+,Mark.

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Elmo GS1200 1.0 lens
Elmo ST1200HD 1.1 lens
Sankyo 800 1.0 lens
Elmo 16CL
Elf NT1

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William Fleming
Master Film Handler

Posts: 319
From: United Kingdom
Registered: Jul 2011

posted July 13, 2011 11:31 AM

He has told me it is in great condition and has been serviced so seems ok to me.

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Pasquale DAlessio
Film God

Posts: 3523
From: Bristol,RI, USA
Registered: May 2010

posted July 13, 2011 01:55 PM

William

I have the Sankyo 460 and I think it's great. And I agree with all that Mark said. I'm sure you will be very happy with it. [Wink]

Cheers!

PatD

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William Fleming
Master Film Handler

Posts: 319
From: United Kingdom
Registered: Jul 2011

posted July 13, 2011 02:20 PM

Thanks Pasquale i am very confident it will be a good purchase.Also as a starter it doesnt seem to complicated to run.

Picked this up today and its great!!!! brand new lamp in it fully serviced.Picture looks amazing and the sound is incredible.even bought myself a new movie to watch on it [Smile]

got the classic Doctor in the house 4x400ft Beginning to like this new hobby quite a lot [Smile]

[ July 15, 2011, 02:14 PM: Message edited by: William Fleming ]

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