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Trevor Adams
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Auckland,New Zealand
Registered: Jun 2003

posted June 12, 2004 03:40 PM

I'd like to obtain a nice sample of this machine-with it's 8mm/16mm/9.5mm gear.One can hope!Trev

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Douglas Meltzer
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From: New York, NY, USA
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posted June 12, 2004 04:28 PM

Trevor,

I never knew that such an amazing machine existed!
http://www.xs4all.nl/~wichm/ensign9_516.jpg
http://www.pathefilm.freeserve.co.uk/95gearens1.jpg

Doug

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Michael De Angelis
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From: USA
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posted June 12, 2004 05:20 PM

Are any of these sound models?
The color jpeg pict has a unit that
resembles a speaker.

Happy Hunting.

Best,
Mike

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Trevor Adams
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From: Auckland,New Zealand
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posted June 13, 2004 06:39 AM

Sorry Michael,it is only a resistance.
Yep,they were sold at a time it was very wise to only buy "British made!". Several dual gauge machines were around(8/16 0r 9.5/16)but the Ensign Universal showed all three gauges and was reasonably priced.
It is interesting looking through 1930s Home Movie,Home Talkie mags,I notice that in April 1939 amateur moviemakers wearing gasmasks were filming Air Raid Precaution films.So,someone wasn't as optomistic as PM Chamberlain!Trev

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Michael De Angelis
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posted June 13, 2004 10:26 PM

Hi Trev,

Thank you for the insight.

Kind regards,
Michael

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John Whittle
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From: Northridge, CA USA
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posted June 15, 2004 02:01 PM

Bolex also had a tri-film model, the G3. There were also dual gauge version of 8-16 and 16-9.5.

The TriFilm model was also available in a sound model that ran both 16mm optical and 9.5 optical sound (long before Regular 8mm found its voice). I have several of the G8-16s but the G3s are rare in the US (I don't think they were ever offically imported here) and the sound models I don't think were ever sold in the US.

John

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Trevor Adams
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From: Auckland,New Zealand
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posted June 15, 2004 10:25 PM

I've only ever seen one of the bolex projectors and the owner did not have the interchangables.It was a very heavy item and quite super!

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John Whittle
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From: Northridge, CA USA
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posted June 18, 2004 08:11 PM

I've got three of the G816 model. One has a three blade shutter and the other two have a 2/4 blade shutter so you can adjust it for four interruptions for silent and two for faster frame rates. I have the 8mm and 16mm gates and the "special" 8mm projection lens which has the lens off center (to the lower left) to keep the picture centered on the screen. A really well made machine which I suspect was made by Siemens and not Bolex since there are similarities to the claw mechanism of the former. I saw the 9.5 parts on ebay once but they went for way too much and I'd still need to modify the claw for 9.5 since it isn't there in the 816 models.

Now if I could find that sound model I saw a catalog picture of . . .

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