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Topic: Eumig 940
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Rob Koeling
Master Film Handler
Posts: 399
From: Brighton, UK
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted March 25, 2004 04:48 AM
Can anyone offer any opinions about this machine? I saw an ad for one of these projectors and even though I know that I shouldn't buy any more projectors, I'm afraid I'm tempted.
I've used a lot of older Eumig's and even though they have their peculiarities, I always liked them. As a matter of fact, I still use a Mark-S for my N8 films (I think it is as close to a slot-load projector as you can get for 8mm/S8mm films).
I used to have a couple of 905's. Not all that good for a normal film show, but excellent machines for showing film-loops. They used to be running for hours, without failing, at parties showing the same film-loop over and over again (without a trace on the film, even though it passed through the projector hundreds of times during the evening)
Anyway, I'm getting side-tracked. I seem to remember that people on this forum had opinions about some of the Eumig stereo models (926, 938 and 940). Some positive, some negative. Searching the forum didn't help me retrieving these opinions though. Anyone?
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Paul Adsett
Film God
Posts: 5003
From: USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted March 25, 2004 09:24 AM
Hi Rob,
I have a Eumig 938. The design is the same as the 940, except the 940 has a digital read out frame counter instead of a mechanical film counter on the 938. The 940 also has LED'S for the recording level indicator , instead of the analog meters on the 938 (I prefer the 938 meters which are beautiful). Other than this the projectors are identical.
Anyway I cannot recommend the 938 highly enough. It is a wonderful machine, very quiet, extremely gentle on film, an unfailing auto-threader mechanism, takes 800ft spools, has a very bright 150w lamp, never -ever puts a mark on your film! Did I miss anything? Oh yes, the sound quality is truly superb, better in my opinion than the Elmo GS1200. Add to that the beautiful side mounted sound console, which makes recording so easy, and you have a projector which is only bettered by the Elmo GS1200. In FACT THE 938 is probably better for home shows than the GS1200, since it is a much quieter projector, and is much lighter (20 lbs) than the 36 lb GS. The British magazine "Movie Maker" was very enthusiastic about this machine and rated it very highly, and so do I. One last word- do NOT confuse the 938 and 940 with the earlier 905 to 930 series. These had a clunky coaxial reel arrangement and no top feed sprocket. They are murder on film -stay away from them. The 938/940 series have a conventional in- line feed path with a feed and take-up sprocket and ,as I said, are as gentle on film as any projector I have seen.
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The best of all worlds- 8mm, super 8mm, 9.5mm, and HD Digital Projection,
Elmo GS1200 f1.0 2-blade
Eumig S938 Stereo f1.0 Ektar
Panasonic PT-AE4000U digital pj
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Paul Adsett
Film God
Posts: 5003
From: USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted March 28, 2004 10:33 PM
Hi David,
I have a 926GL Stereo, as well as a 938 stereo. The bad thing about the 926 is the coaxial reel arrangement, combined with the lack of a feed sprocket above the film gate. Because of this the film is jerked off the feed spool by the claw mechanism, which causes the film to flap about wildly as it rolls off the feed spool across the top of the projector. There is a sprung roller above the gate and some tiny rollers which serve to isolate some of the claw jerks, but it does'nt completely solve the problem. If all this is'nt bad enough, the film also has to twist slightly in order to accomodate the side to side displacement necessitated by the coax reel arrangement. Why Eumig went to all this trouble is a total mystery, it was a bad idea on an otherwise superb projector. As I have said, the stereo sound quality on the 926/938/940 is superb, possibly even better than the GS1200, film steadiness is top-notch, and the sound control console is better than any other projector that I have seen. Anyway David there is no need to dispair. I have tamed my 926 GL by fitting two old super 8 rollers midway on top of the machine, so that the film wraps around these rollers before entering the top feed slot. These two rollers significantly dampen and smooth out the flapping motion of the film which occurs in that big leap from the supply spool across the top of the projector. Also keep your projector VERY clean, particularly clean and polish the rollers and twisted film channel area above the gate after every 600ft roll. Also do NOT use this projector to rewind your films, as the tortuous rewinding path is hard on the film. Do all this and the 926 should not scratch your films. As you say Eumig projectors have a deserved reputation for being kind to film, but the 926 definately needs extra care and attention to avoid film scratches because of it's abnormal film path. All these problems were resolved in the later 938/940, where Eumig saw the light and reverted to the standard two sprockets and in-line film path.
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The best of all worlds- 8mm, super 8mm, 9.5mm, and HD Digital Projection,
Elmo GS1200 f1.0 2-blade
Eumig S938 Stereo f1.0 Ektar
Panasonic PT-AE4000U digital pj
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