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Paul Bruty
Film Handler

Posts: 42
From: Ballarat Victoria Australia
Registered: Apr 2011

posted November 24, 2011 11:30 PM

Thoughts re this projector for playing short home movies?

Hanimex -Eiki Sound Movie Projector Optical

Regards, Paul. [Smile]

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Dino Everette
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1535
From: Long Beach, CA USA
Registered: Dec 2008

posted November 26, 2011 12:18 AM

I don't know of any Hanimex specific 16mm projectors so I am guessing this would simply be a straight Eiki which Hanimex distributed in Australia and should be a good machine to have for 16mm in general. If you are new to film projectors than I would just stress making sure that:
A) - The machine is clean and free of dust and debris before running film
B) - The film has been inspected, prepped and properly repaired before running it through the eiki.

Follow those 2 guidelines and you should be golden.... [Smile]

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Lee Mannering
Film God

Posts: 3216
From: The Projection Box
Registered: Nov 2006

posted November 26, 2011 05:17 AM

Hi Paul.
It’s a bit of a catch 22 with projectors and particularly with more modern 16mm machines. On one hand the Elf machines are easy to maintain with a modular design but unfortunately the claw mechanism has a very fast pull down and is fussy if a film is shrunken or with some splices causing loss of lower loop and hence film shredding. Locally projectionists favour the Bell & Howell TQ3 Specialist with a 3 pin claw giving greater picture steadiness, extra lamp cooling fan and more. The down side is that the drive worm gears can split needing replacement. However, as with all things mechanical we should expect to maintain them so I personally do not see this to be an issue. Both Elf and Bell & Howell machines then have benefits for the user.

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John Davis
Master Film Handler

Posts: 286
From: Dunfermline, Fife, UK
Registered: Jun 2008

posted November 26, 2011 05:20 AM

Like Dino I think this is a straight Eiki - Elf projector with the addition of a Hanimex (http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Hanimex The name is a contraction of HANnes IMport and EXport) badge.
In the 70s and 80s Hanimex was a well known brand in the UK too but as far as I know never made anything themselves

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Paul Bruty
Film Handler

Posts: 42
From: Ballarat Victoria Australia
Registered: Apr 2011

posted November 26, 2011 09:41 PM

Thanks everyone.

Regards, Paul [Smile]

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