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Tassos Laudas
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 102
From: Viersen Germany
Registered: Mar 2006

posted March 29, 2006 05:16 PM

Hi to all! First of all i'd ask you to excuse me for any potential mistakes, you see i don't often speak or write in english.
I recently found out that super 8 films are not really a forgotten era and the presence of this particular forum justifies my belief that film watching and editing belong to the most exciting interests.
Since i was 10 i was desperately trying to persuade my parents to buy our own sound projector, rather than being stuck with a 200 ft plastic silent one and was jealus of everyone around owning those giant sound projectors and claiming that ours was just a toy compared with theirs!
At the age of 20-1994-i bought my first sound projector at last!A chinon mv9000.Despite my inexperience it didn't take long to realise the unstable sound and noisy operation. But on the other hand,it seems it's build to last...
I recently bought an elmo st1200d and it took me many hours of maintenance to make it reveal its remarkable capabilities-stable sound, sharp and stable enough image.
Soon i'll also own a bauer t510 which i'll let you know about.
I'd like to emphasise my happiness for being a member of this forum once again.
And now a question: Where could i possibly find a focusing knob and the adittional mechanism for my st1200 as its knob plastic pin(axis?)is totally split into pieces? Any advice would be helpful!
I hope my mesage hasn't tired anyone!
Thank you
Tassos

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Dimitrios Kremalis
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 129
From: Athens - Greece
Registered: Oct 2004

posted March 30, 2006 03:41 AM

Kalimera Tasso,
and welcome to the forum.
For the knob try contacting Wittner in Germany, they seem to be able to track common obsolete elmo parts. Or keep an eye on ebay for a similar machine sold for parts.

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Kevin Faulkner
Film God

Posts: 4071
From: Essex UK
Registered: Jun 2003

posted March 30, 2006 05:16 AM

Hi Tasso, Welcome to the forum and hopefully you will find plenty to get involved with. Theres a great wealth of knowledge on this forum amongst the membership and hopefully you will also come with some of your own.

Enjoy [Smile]

Kev.

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GS1200 Xenon with Elmo 1.0...great combo along with a 16-CL Xenon for that super bright white light.

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Douglas Meltzer
Moderator

Posts: 4554
From: New York, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted March 30, 2006 08:57 AM

Hello Tasso,

We're thrilled that you're here!
Wittner's site is at http://www.wittner-kinotechnik.de/

Best of luck,
Doug

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I think there's room for just one more film.....

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James N. Savage 3
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1375
From: Washington, DC
Registered: Jul 2003

posted March 30, 2006 09:21 AM

Welcome Tasso! I enjoyed your first post.

Yes, super 8 is still alive in 2006 [Smile]

!

Hope to see you back on the forum soon.

Nick.

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Tony Milman
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1336
From: United Kingdom
Registered: Jun 2003

posted March 30, 2006 02:12 PM

Tasso,

Hi. Your english is perfect. Much better than most on this forum!

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Tony

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Joe Taffis
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1592
From: United States
Registered: Jun 2003

posted March 30, 2006 04:02 PM

hi Tassos, welcome to the forum! I myself am of Greek heritage on my father's side. My grandfather Tsafos was from Greece. I also have an Elmo ST1200D. A great machine. I hope you find the parts you need. [Smile]

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Joe Taffis

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Tassos Laudas
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 102
From: Viersen Germany
Registered: Mar 2006

posted March 30, 2006 05:55 PM

I'd like to thank you all for your nice comments and advice. Honestly i didn't expect such a positive and immediate respond.

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