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Topic: Comments on Elmo ST-180E?
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Mark Todd
Film God
Posts: 3846
From: UK
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted May 10, 2005 11:32 AM
The St180 the st600 or st160( the 160 is single track) are excellant starter machines, kind to film, though ask about the green guides on here to check how to keep them healthy if you get one. They run superbly for years and £1 per £1 x hours play are a great option, cracking sound for the cash as well.With a xenophot bulb in they give a very good light and usually rock steady picture, if you upgrade the lens to a 1,1 or 1,0 as well they look great on the screen Equally the elmo sc18 also a 600 foot twin track machine has the benifit of usual projection and avery neat 5 or 6 inch viewing screen. These run very nicely. Paul foster of foster films has a nice sounding st600( black, they look good) for around the ton at the moment, a good allround chap. Barry at Independent 8 often has good stuff and very knowledgeable and good to deal with and his stuff is often better than you expect as well, his B+ is other peoples A. Ian at perrys movies I believe has one or two of this marque in at the moment as well, also a top chap, and mrs Ian. Kevin clark( forum member) also often has some nice machine`s on offer and is great to deal with in every way. You can`t go too far wrong with these. The sankyo and bell and howell range are also good but the elmos are nice to use with the fold down side and have a certain feel to them. If you are going to buy old digests many on acetate stock and don`t want to have to lubricate all of your films bear in mind elmos can be fussy on older dry stock. Best Mark. Ps be careful on ebay as most projectors these days need a bit of a sort and many people on there sell them blind as it were as they know little and the buck stops with you,belts, probs etc and for the very small if any difference think about a dealer. Paul foster for instance has a very good pay help scheme he does for film purchases he may do on a machine if asked. PPS after all of that just notied you are in the US, maybe a good chap on here has one thats minty for a reasonable price.
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