8mm Forum: Is this a 35mm or a 16mm projector?

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Posted by Hans van der Sloot (Member # 494) on July 09, 2009, 05:57 PM:

This Ampro Stylist projector is for sale on a local auction site (Marktplaats):
http://link.marktplaats.nl/264159852
Is this a real 35mm projector?
If so, is it a good one?

Unfortunately Marktplaats just started some sort of maintainance a few minutes ago (1:00 AM local time), so this auction can't be seen for a couple of hours.
Please try again after about 6 hours (7:00 AM local time).

Posted by Patrick Walsh (Member # 637) on July 09, 2009, 07:21 PM:

I could not open the link
but my the name it is probably a 16mm sound projector.

Posted by Dino Everette (Member # 1378) on July 10, 2009, 02:19 AM:

definitely a 16mm, I opened the link and saw the image.. [Smile]

Posted by Damien Taylor (Member # 1337) on July 10, 2009, 05:56 AM:

That looks like an Ampro Stylist Major, it is a 16mm projector, and a very good one at that. I own and run one of these beauties and if it is maintained well will run forever. It is a manual load and is reltively gentle on film. They are built like tanks.

Posted by Hans van der Sloot (Member # 494) on July 10, 2009, 06:14 AM:

The seller already changed the auction.
Now it says 16mm instead of 35mm.

Posted by David Pannell (Member # 300) on July 10, 2009, 07:33 AM:

Yes. Definitely a Major Mk2. Identical to mine, and I absolutely agree with everything that Damien says about it.

It's a pity that it does not have the matching speaker. The speaker shown is more likely to be for a Standard Stylist or a Premier model, as it is finished in brown and has a curved casing. The matching speaker for the Major is finished in the same black and grey Rexine as the projector casing, with white piping around the edges, and a polished aluminium "AMPRO" speaker grille escutcheon over the silver/white speaker cloth. Also it is square, about the same size as the projector casing, with no rounded corners.

If you don't have one of these machines but have wanted one for a long time - go for it.

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