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Posted by William Fleming (Member # 2632) on 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

Posted by Mark Mander (Member # 340) on 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.

Posted by William Fleming (Member # 2632) on 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?

Posted by Mark Mander (Member # 340) on 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.

Posted by William Fleming (Member # 2632) on July 13, 2011, 11:31 AM:

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

Posted by Pasquale DAlessio (Member # 2052) on 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

Posted by William Fleming (Member # 2632) on 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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