I got bit of a surprise yesterday after bringing my original ST1200 out of mothballs that it actually went, after sitting stored for quite a while. It kicked into life straight away. I bought this machine second hand back in 1979 from a local shop. The projector had spent some time up in the islands, the owner had been a teacher. Because of the humidity etc the projector had corrosion on it, also the shop owner replaced had to replace the pre-amp before sale. This particular model I think, was one of the first of the series of ST1200 projectors and dates back to around 1973.
That would make it now 50 years old
and it still goes. I did some work on the film path a few years ago, so it does not scratch films. I liked this basic "M" model more so, than some of the later ones, I did own a silver "D" dual, but had trouble with that one so always returned to my original. What I liked about it the most of the range of ST1200, was it had a 15v 150w lamp, a 1200 foot capacity, and was easy to get to and clean the gate, plus after fitting a Elmo 1.1 lens to it that gave me 25% more more light on the screen on high.
Last night I ran a 800ft reel of "Buck Rogers" through it, that reel included the short 200 footer of Buck Rogers at the start. Sadly a lot of those prints have faded, but I did find a blue filter to try on the front of the 1.1 lens. The filter did work up to a point, so that was something
. I have to admit compared to the GS1200 the ST1200 is far more reliable and built like a tank its certainly lasted well PS... Here is a blast from the past from a previous screening on the GS1200
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That would make it now 50 years old
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Last night I ran a 800ft reel of "Buck Rogers" through it, that reel included the short 200 footer of Buck Rogers at the start. Sadly a lot of those prints have faded, but I did find a blue filter to try on the front of the 1.1 lens. The filter did work up to a point, so that was something
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