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Zechariah Sporre
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posted November 02, 2012 08:58 PM

I was looking through my 1974 Blackhawk Films catalog and it was advertising the "New" Eumig 810D Deluxe. It said the same as 810D except that it came with a 1.0 18-28 zoom lens.
Did a 800 series projector actually ever come factory with a 1.0 lens? I looked in my 1977 Blackhawk catalog and it just advertised the 810D Deluxe HQS with a 1.2 12.5-25 zoom lens.
I never thought to much about lenses for a long time and only had Eumigs with the 1:6 and the 1:3 lenses and I never noticed much of a difference between them. Then I got a projector with the 1:2 and it made a world of difference and I hardly want to watch anything on the old projectors. I sure would love to try one of these 1:0 lenses if they are available.

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Dino Everette
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posted November 05, 2012 12:20 AM

Zech
the only Eumig 1.0 lens I have come across was a fixed lens at about 2 inch, so i never use it...Would love to find a 1.0 adjustable zoom, but have never come across one.

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Paul Adsett
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posted November 05, 2012 09:07 AM

I have never found an f1.0 Eumig lens. But I did find the amazing Kodak Ektar f1.0 22 mm fixed focal length (non-zoom) on an old Kodak M100 projector. The lens barrel was a little large so I had it turned down to fit my Eumig 800's and my Eumig 926 & 938.
The results are amazing. Much brighter than even the Eumig f1.2, and incredibly sharper pictures with greatly increased contrast.
Kodak made this Ektar lens for the M100 to showcase the new super 8 sound system, and it is a superb optic producing razor sharp imageing across the full width of the screen. This lens literally transforms the performance of my Eumigs. And yes, the lens quality is everything in super 8 projection.

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Jon Addams
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posted November 05, 2012 05:14 PM

Posted by Dino:

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"The only Eumig 1.0 lens I have come across was a fixed lens at about 2 inch, so i never use it...Would love to find a 1.0 adjustable zoom, but have never come across one."

Posted by Paul

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"I have never found an f1.0 Eumig lens"

I have a couple of them - I also have 3 Suprogon 1:1 18-28 zoom and a couple of Suprogon 1.2 12.5-25 zoom.

I am toying with the idea of selling one of each.

Jon

[ November 06, 2012, 12:06 AM: Message edited by: Jon Addams ]

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Winbert Hutahaean
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posted November 05, 2012 05:21 PM

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it just advertised the 810D Deluxe HQS with a 1.2 12.5-25

I once had Eumig 810 Deluxe HQS with Supragon 1.1.

So I think it comes with various lens depending on the order. Just like ordering a new car which we can order with radial tire (for a price) or standard tire.

BTW, Jon any chance to use this lens on the projector other than Eumig?

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Lee Mannering
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posted November 06, 2012 03:45 PM

Oh so many years ago I had the 1.0 Eumig lens in my MK-s STD 8 sound projector. It had a Xenophot (Osram lamp) in it as well and was a superb performer. The 1.0 was made for film makers of the day that wanted to project films in a hall and it was excellent. Amazing when you look back just how good that lens was.

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Jon Addams
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posted November 06, 2012 04:54 PM

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BTW, Jon any chance to use this lens on the projector other than Eumig?

I have no idea Winbert, probably but I never tried in another projectors.

Jon

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Zechariah Sporre
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posted November 11, 2012 11:19 PM

Thank for the pictures Jon. Do you guys feel there is as much of a jump in quality from the 1.3 to the 1.2 as there is from the 1.2 to either the 1.1 or 1.0? I guess I don't have a good wall to project a screen much bigger then 5 or 6 feet so a quality lens may not be as crucial for me as some...

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Zechariah Sporre
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posted November 21, 2012 09:26 PM

I didn't realize that any of the Eumig 800 series projectors ever came with the lens you turn for focusing. I was lucky enough to just come across an 810 Lux with the 1.1 lens :-)

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