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Paul Adsett
Film God

Posts: 5003
From: USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted July 19, 2008 01:15 PM

The Eumig 800 series holds a special affection for me. I greatly admire the look of these machines, their compact and very rugged design and construction, and their trouble free excellent performance. The next series that came along was of course the 900's, and with it came the superb 926/938/940 stereo series with that great outboard recording/mixing console. Seeing these two designs leads you to wonder why Eumig could not have retained the superb 800 series mechanics and still given us a wonderful stereo projector like this:

What I would'nt give for one of those! [Big Grin]

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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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Mike Tynus
Expert Film Handler

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From: Addison, IL, USA
Registered: Apr 2008

posted July 19, 2008 01:22 PM

Paul,
Love it!
Does it power a 150 watt bulb? [Big Grin]

That is as cool as your Elmig!

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Paul Adsett
Film God

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From: USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted July 19, 2008 03:02 PM

Yes Mike, it has an extra internal blower, just like the 938, so it can handle the 150 watt bulb. In addition to the magnetic stereo, it also has the optical track reader of the Eumig 800 M0. [Big Grin]

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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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Steven J Kirk
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 873
From: Southern England
Registered: Apr 2008

posted July 19, 2008 06:02 PM

Surely some talented person on this board will be in the process of building just this - must be possible.

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VistaVision
Motion Picture High-Fidelity

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Paul Adsett
Film God

Posts: 5003
From: USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted July 19, 2008 06:37 PM

I think it would be relatively easy to put this together, because the sound electronics are totally seperated onto the big PC board in the lower deck. It would just be a matter of getting power over to the electronics board and connecting up the leads to the recording/playback head. The existing board inside the 800 would not be used at all and could be removed. The more I think about this, the more puzzled I am that Eumig did not go down this road. Sounds like a project for David Pannell. How about it David? [Big Grin]

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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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David Pannell
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1072
From: Horsham, West Sussex, UK
Registered: Nov 2004

posted July 20, 2008 02:39 AM

Sounds interesting, Paul.

I'll give it some thought in the fullness of time, however, your confidence in my abilities is somewhat embarrassing, but thanks for the vote of confidence anyway.

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Dave.

Valves and celluloid - a great combination!
Early technology rules OK!

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David Kilderry
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Registered: Feb 2006

posted July 20, 2008 03:22 AM

Nice dream projector Paul.

I like both the 800 and 900 series (hope to get a 940 one day). By the time the 900 series was released Eumig were in all sorts of financial trouble and the company and their range of products had been weakened by the parents problems.

It is such a shame as I am sure their range would have developed further in the early 1980's given their strong market presence world-wide.

David

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