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Dominique De Bast
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posted June 30, 2016 07:35 AM

Any idea ?

http://www.ebay.fr/itm/Atlas-pour-films-16mm-/322160732470?hash=item4b0246a936:g:ot8AAOSwNyFWcGR7

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Alexander Vandeputte
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posted June 30, 2016 11:56 AM

Is this for keeping double band in sync ? One roller for the film, the other for the magnetic perf tape ?

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William Olson
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posted July 01, 2016 10:41 AM

Yes. Synching double band (image and sound) would be my guess, too.

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Maurice Leakey
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posted July 01, 2016 11:23 AM

Agree with above comments.
Synchronisers were used to keep picture and sound tracks in sync during editing, although most editing benches would have used a synchroniser with more than two "gangs".

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Dominique De Bast
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posted July 01, 2016 01:51 PM

Thank you for the answers. Not easy to really picture how it works but at least I have the idea. The seller doesn't seem to know what it is.

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Maurice Leakey
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posted July 01, 2016 03:14 PM

Here is a film showing the make up for a 16mm release print from an A and a B roll. This is done to not show a join between shots.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=127oDTd_MxM

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Raleigh M. Christopher
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posted July 01, 2016 05:41 PM

It's a sync block. That's a two gang, but a four gang is better for mixing.

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Dominique De Bast
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posted July 02, 2016 04:13 AM

Thank you !

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