8mm Forum: Scope Lens Support for Beaulieu 708 EL

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Posted by Flavio Stabile (Member # 357) on September 21, 2011, 03:01 PM:

I never saw (and never found) the original support for the cinemascope lens to be mounted on a Beaulieu 708 EL.

Anyone has to sell one or at least to show here with a picture?

thx
F.

Posted by Lee Purkis (Member # 2523) on September 26, 2011, 06:37 AM:

ffr film in germany make the best scope bracket. I had one custom made by them to hold a bell & howell kowa 8z on my projector. You take the accessory shoe off of the 708 and screw the bracket in place so it cannot move at all. It is very well made. I can send a picture if you want to see it.

Posted by Flavio Stabile (Member # 357) on September 26, 2011, 10:06 AM:

Hi Lee,

yes, thanks! If you want to publish here in the forum, it's ok with me.

F.

Posted by Lee Purkis (Member # 2523) on September 26, 2011, 03:40 PM:

Ok i will get the picture for you tomorrow.

L.

Posted by Lee Purkis (Member # 2523) on September 30, 2011, 12:31 PM:

The 708 bracket for Bell & Howell Kowa 8Z

The lens on the projector

Posted by Flavio Stabile (Member # 357) on September 30, 2011, 03:17 PM:

Lee, that's really nice! Thanks for the photos!
I see a sync unit close to the projector... do you use it for re-recording films? Can you tell me more about it?
I'm searching for an alternative to my ELMO + Pedro's unit and my Beaulieu is the best candidate... but I need a sync unit.

Thanks
Flavio

Posted by Lee Purkis (Member # 2523) on September 30, 2011, 04:01 PM:

There is a crystal sync board in the 708, i asked pedro to design the board for my projector so it was the very first one that was made. The sync box is the p1008 pro edit version so it can control the beaulieu with the crystal board installed or the gs1200 without any modification, plus many other projectors if they have a custom sync board installed where needed. It also controls a goko rm5000 recording editor which i had pedro make a crystal board for, or you can use the same board in the goko 8000 stereo version. It can transfer film into Avid media composer on my computer at a constant speed then create a new digital sound track master. Then it's possible to make a cd copy and sync it to the film or transfer it back to the stripe. The crystal conversion for the 708 also makes the machine switch much more smoothly between sound and silent, the aggressive torque surge is now gone. it's quite expensive at about 1000 euro for the board + installation and the editor but worth it if you like the 708 and want to take it to a higher level of performance. I can recommend this set up no problem.

Posted by Flavio Stabile (Member # 357) on September 30, 2011, 04:15 PM:

Wow!!!! That's really great!
I'm very interested in the possiblity to transfer the movie in a PC (or Mac) and edit it with Avid Media Composer. Is this what you mean?
Are you able for example to create an edited version taken from a DVD with the audio track you are interested in identical to a digest version of a super 8 movie in such a way?
It is possible to do this simply with Avid?

Flavio

Posted by Lee Purkis (Member # 2523) on September 30, 2011, 04:25 PM:

yes you can do it with any video editing program, as long as you have a video camera & capture card to get the film into the hard drive. Then you just need the dvd, laser disc, blue ray master for the sound so you can take the parts you need into the editor and match them to the digest or the full feature picture.

Posted by Flavio Stabile (Member # 357) on September 30, 2011, 04:47 PM:

did you install by yourself the sync board into the projector? is it a simple task?

Posted by Lee Purkis (Member # 2523) on September 30, 2011, 05:15 PM:

No this projector was sent to Pedro in Germany as a test machine so he could design the sync board from scratch. I think he always advises sending the 708 projector out to him for installation of the board as it's not such an easy job. Not unless you are already very good with electronics and also know about the electronics & mechanics inside the projector.

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