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Topic: Help for Elmo projector
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David Fouracre
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 123
From: Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Registered: Aug 2013
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posted March 06, 2016 07:18 AM
Some years ago, I decided to purchase a quality zoom lens for my ST1200 and contacted a supplier who asked whether I required the Elmo 1.0 lens or the Snieder F1.1 lens. I asked for his recomendations were of either. The dealer very trustingly said " he would ship me both lenses and let me decide, suggesting I forward payment for the lens I kept, together with the unwanted lens. A very trusting gentleman! I chose the Elmo lens, and was happy with the performance for two years or so, when the lens started to fog internally. I contacted the supplier, who suggested I return it for cleaning, as "several customers had suffered this same fogging fault". The dealer advised, when returning my lens, that someone at Elmo has used the WRONG type of lubication within the zoom assy during manufacture, which caused vapour from the lightsource-heated lubication to contaminate the elements. I have had no further problems with this lens since it`s return and confirm pin sharp corner-to-corner focus. It is true that on both my ST1200 and GS you have to `chase the focus, but I think it a small price to pay. I would however, snap-up a Sneider 1.1 lens if one became available.
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