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Vin Collins
Junior
Posts: 24
From: Wilmington, DE, USA
Registered: Jan 2014

posted February 14, 2014 11:17 PM

I have a Chinon 400 and Chinon 9500MV.....are these solid models concerning silent and sound projectors? I am trying to buy a EUMIG 824 if I can find one(im hoping the viewer adaptor I have for it will work concerning telecine transfers?)

Also, whats the best way to go concerning buying a basic telecine box? Are they all basically the same? Ambico/Goldbeam etc...? I know SONY made a better quality telecine box...is it worth the money?

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Dino Everette
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Long Beach, CA USA
Registered: Dec 2008

posted February 15, 2014 02:03 AM

I am not familiar with the 400, but I personally have never had good experiences with Chinon's. The ones I have owned were prone to scratching films, so they wound up sitting on the shelf rather than getting used.

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Osi Osgood
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posted February 15, 2014 01:35 PM

I don't know if my CHINON 9500 is the 9500 hundred that you have, (I don't know off-hand if there were more than one model of the 9500), but I have not had a problem with scratching, personally. Beyond that, I'm afraid that I can't help you.

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Janice Glesser
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From: Sunnyvale, CA USA
Registered: Sep 2011

posted February 15, 2014 01:45 PM

Hi Vin...Welcome to the forum. I'm not familiar with the Chinon 400 either. I know the 9500 has speed adjustment control...so it should work fine for film transfers. Chinon's are not rated very highly on the forum...but in my experience I have seen film scratching with the lower end models...but not with the higher end. I have 3 Chinon's right now and none of them show any signs of scratching. I like them alot.

If you are interested... I have a couple telecine boxes up on Ebay right now...an Ambico and a Kalimar. There is a video included in each listing to show the quality of the transfers.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/201037369594?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l26 49

http://www.ebay.com/itm/201038444229?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

[ February 16, 2014, 07:18 PM: Message edited by: Janice Glesser ]

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Thomas Dafnides
Expert Film Handler

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From: St. Louis, Missouri USA
Registered: Dec 2009

posted February 15, 2014 07:33 PM

The quality of a telecine box transfer relies greatly, on the quality of the camera used. The older CCD chip cameras tend to give better results than the newer CMOS chips.

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Janice Glesser
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From: Sunnyvale, CA USA
Registered: Sep 2011

posted February 15, 2014 11:47 PM

I used a Canon HV40 to shoot the sample transfers.

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