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Topic: ELF 16mm Super Slot Load
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Adrian Winchester
Film God
Posts: 2941
From: Croydon, London, UK
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted October 20, 2015 12:51 AM
Paul - congratulations, sounds a very good buy. Was it a SSL-1 that you found? I certainly share the admiration for these 'last generation' Eiki/Elf models, which had certain design modifications that made them significantly superior to the SLs and NTs, as well as being particularly pleasing to the eye. It's also reassuring that these projectors were on sale as recently as 2003, so the availability of spares is relatively good.
I suspect the reason they are scarce in the UK is because the video boom had decimated 16mm use by the mid-1980s, when these models first appeared. However, 16mm retained greater popularity in Germany and I've bought a mint SSL-2 and a SNT-2 via eBay Germany, which is a good place to look for them. Best of all, in my opinion, but even harder to find are the electronic touch screen models that can even be used with remote controls. I have an ENT (the autothread, but with Bell & Howell branding, from when Eiki had a deal to sell them to B&H markets) but my 'holy grail' projector is the ESL, that's even virtually impossible to find even in Germany. I know one forum member has one, but I wonder if it's the only one in the UK!
-------------------- Adrian Winchester
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