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Maurizio Di Cintio
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 977
From: Ortona, Italy
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted November 27, 2009 08:57 AM
Hi! Sprockets are toothed drums which help the film to unwind/wind from and onto the reels, so that the strain put on it by the claw is relatively negligible.
Some projectors have only one sprocket, at the exit of the mechanism, but lack the take-up one right behind the insertion slot of the film. This is the case of all Eumig's 900 series up to model 932. MOdel 926 falls into the only-one sprocket category.
Now if the machine is in good working order and IF you don't expect/demand of it to work with brim full (metal) 600' reels, (but limit to 400') there is no need to fear you'll be disappointed by this model: I own two of them and they perform flawlessly everytime I use them. The stereo sound section is the same as the 938's and the quality is stunning. The shutter cam is made of steel and is more durable than models 938 and 940's cam (made of teflon). In short if it weren't for the sound heads, I could vouch for it almost without reservations, the greatest drawbacks of this machines being "soft" permalloy heads (but not softer than Bauer's), an inconsistent lens (sometimes very sharp but a little more often a little too soft) and the fact it has a 100W only bulb.
As for the lens you can always upgrade to a Eumig Suprogon 1.2, alkmost as good as a Schneider...
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Maurizio
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