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Gary Crawford
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From: Manassas, VA. USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted July 12, 2010 08:52 AM

I took all the glass filters off my 1200's...and have noticed no ill effects.....no real heat buildup...no problem on the film gate... the only thing I did notice was more light on the screen. The filters have been off for many months.

On the light issue. I have a 16 foot wide scope screen that I use for outdoor shows at home. I've always been limited to using 16mm on there...Kodak Pageants with marc 300 lamps. I had tried a couple of my Elmo st1200hd's on that screen..but there just wasn't enough light. However, year before last ( I think) I followed Steve Osborn's advice....took out the glass filter...got hold of an Elmo f1.0 lens...put in the osram bulb....put that wonderful Rectimascope scope lens on it..and the picture on that screen from super 8 became at least acceptable...especially on sharp prints that are not printed dark. And of course, I had the option of stereo sound out there in the yard. Last year I finally got hold of my first GS1200.... I had a two blade shutter put in...new 200 watt Fuji bulb which Steve Osborn said was brighter than the standard 250 Elc ( and he was right)...used the f1.0 lens with the Rectimascope scope lens.... and I can say that you can hardly tell the difference in brightness from the 16mm... Whiteness , yes..the Marc 300 puts out a whiter light....but the GS really fills that 16 foot wide screen nicely and the newer prints such as Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade..and The World is not Enough.....look great. It's opened up my Super 8 library to the outdoor shows at last without compromising light or quality...and adding great stereo sound. People can't believe it when I show them later that the picture came from that tiny super 8 frame. And one other note...the picture would be a lot brighter and sharper if I didn't have to project from inside my sun room through a double pane sliding glass door.

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Tony Stucchio
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From: New Jersey
Registered: Dec 2005

posted July 12, 2010 08:12 PM

Rectimascope? I don't like the sound of that!
[Big Grin]

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David Kilderry
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From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Registered: Feb 2006

posted July 12, 2010 09:50 PM

Gary, excellent, just what I wanted to read, thanks. I will pull out my filter and look to sleeve my 1.1 lens in the Elmo. It is scope that I really wanted more light for too. I will also get a few Osram lamps as the last Phillips I put in looked darker than the lamp it replaced.

David

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