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Topic: Is this a 35mm or a 16mm projector?

Hans van der Sloot
Master Film Handler

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From: the Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2005

posted July 09, 2009 05:57 PM

This Ampro Stylist projector is for sale on a local auction site (Marktplaats):
http://link.marktplaats.nl/264159852
Is this a real 35mm projector?
If so, is it a good one?

Unfortunately Marktplaats just started some sort of maintainance a few minutes ago (1:00 AM local time), so this auction can't be seen for a couple of hours.
Please try again after about 6 hours (7:00 AM local time).

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Patrick Walsh
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Christchurch, New Zealand
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posted July 09, 2009 07:21 PM

I could not open the link
but my the name it is probably a 16mm sound projector.

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Dino Everette
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posted July 10, 2009 02:19 AM

definitely a 16mm, I opened the link and saw the image.. [Smile]

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Damien Taylor
Expert Film Handler

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From: Perth, Western Australia
Registered: Oct 2008

posted July 10, 2009 05:56 AM

That looks like an Ampro Stylist Major, it is a 16mm projector, and a very good one at that. I own and run one of these beauties and if it is maintained well will run forever. It is a manual load and is reltively gentle on film. They are built like tanks.

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Hans van der Sloot
Master Film Handler

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From: the Netherlands
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posted July 10, 2009 06:14 AM

The seller already changed the auction.
Now it says 16mm instead of 35mm.

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David Pannell
Phenomenal Film Handler

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

posted July 10, 2009 07:33 AM

Yes. Definitely a Major Mk2. Identical to mine, and I absolutely agree with everything that Damien says about it.

It's a pity that it does not have the matching speaker. The speaker shown is more likely to be for a Standard Stylist or a Premier model, as it is finished in brown and has a curved casing. The matching speaker for the Major is finished in the same black and grey Rexine as the projector casing, with white piping around the edges, and a polished aluminium "AMPRO" speaker grille escutcheon over the silver/white speaker cloth. Also it is square, about the same size as the projector casing, with no rounded corners.

If you don't have one of these machines but have wanted one for a long time - go for it.

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