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Paul Adsett
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posted July 29, 2015 06:57 PM
Graham, magnesium alloys are often used in aerospace applications, where resistance to extreme environments of temperature, humidity, and salt fog is required. In order to achieve this, mag alloys are passivated, coated, and painted. Whether or not Eumig went to this kind of expense for a commercial product for use in a home environment is unknown. However, my 800 and 900 Eumig chassis so far show very little or no corrosion, and I live in Florida where you can squeeze the water out of the air! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Paul Adsett
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posted September 13, 2015 02:41 PM
I have had no corrosipn problem with my Eumig projectors, and Ilive in a very warm humid climate. But our house is air conditioned so I am sure that is very beneficial.
My first encounter with Eumig was when I purchased a Eumig P8, back in 1959. Up until that time I had only been using 9,5mm and my experience was confined to Pathescope and Dekko equipment. I can tell you that the Eumig P8 was a game changer compared with all the cine projectors, from any manufacturer, that preceded it. The quality compared with Pathescope projectors, was like night and day. The p8 design was brilliant, using a very efficient 12 volt 100 wwatt lamp which was as bright as the 500 watt mains voltage lamp being used by Bolex, Bell&Howell, and Kodak machines. Gone was the sheet metal construction common at the time, being replaced by a precision aluminum/magnesium alloy diecast chassis. The P8 was was a gorgoeus looking machine with a new modern look, incorporating a top reel layout with really cool wire formed spools. And it was a stunning performer, with crisp bright pictures, a great sliding gate design, and real optical framing at a time when everyone else was sliding the gate aperture up and down to frame the picture. Above all the P8 reeked of quality design and manufacturing, and with this one projector Eumig suddenly ruled the 8mm cine world. No one else came close offering such value and performance for the money. It was the precursor for the legendary Eumig 700 and 800 series sound machines that were on the horizon in the 1960's, all of which demonstrated the sheer brilliance of the Eumig engineers in Vienna. Quality dipped with the aggressive use of lightweight plastic components and the abortive coaxial reels in the early 900 series machines, but the company closed out with the superb 938 and 940 stereo sound machines, both of which set the benchmark for super 8 sound quality.
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Elmo GS1200 f1.0 2-blade
Eumig S938 Stereo f1.0 Ektar
Panasonic PT-AE4000U digital pj
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thanks for the link also. I couldn't find it again when I tried searching for it recently. 
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...not sure how much of that corrosion is due to how those projectors were stored, or its come about, simply through the material aging over the last 30-40 years.
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