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Posted by Vin Collins (Member # 4124) on 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?

Posted by Dino Everette (Member # 1378) on 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.

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on 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.

Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on 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 ]

Posted by Thomas Dafnides (Member # 1851) on 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.

Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on February 15, 2014, 11:47 PM:

I used a Canon HV40 to shoot the sample transfers.

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