Maurizio Di Cintio

Hi! I can confirm external speakers were optional accessories (as per most all of the projectors). Just FYI they are designed in order to atacch to each other in order to form a up a sort of a case with a handle for transport purposes.

To avoid vignetting, you have to set the distance ring of the lens you screw the UWL III attachment on, to infinity. This way th lens barrel i somewhat shorter and the edge doesn't enter the frame

Nice tthing, if they'd only keep on doing so. As of recently, their processing order form has been updated with a 3-day lab time for processing S/8 K40 (was 1 day). That would still be acceptable, but fact is they actually reserve a 1-week lab time. I was very upset when I learnt this on the phone, because it could impact on some footage I need by X'Mas. I wish I had known beforehand. So be informed: if you have a tight schedule, consider their lab time has increased.

I'm sorry but I know this camera fairly well and I am a bit confused. If you want to shoot K40 outdoors, put the switch on the right-hand side of the camera on the sun symbol: this will engage the internal conversion filter, converting tungsten-balanced film to day light. If you want to shoot indoors (with tungsten lights), put the switch on the bulb symbol: this will disengage the filter. I shot K40 as old as 13 years. If you have always kept it refrigerated (in the freezeer preferably) it should turn out well, Speed may be am issue though for stock so old; perhaps you should overexpose by a stop or so. Good luck

Believe me a GS is a totally different kettle of fish (and Eumigs are more simple than Elmos...): I own both machines and Eumig have never been a problem to fix, in fact I fix them myself. But a GS is beyond me... AND... I've never seen a Xenon GS 1200 going as steep as $4000... They usually average between $2000-2500 (the latter figure if good servicing has been recently undertaken)

Sorry but this is not 100% accurate: I own three of these superb machines (2 halogens and 1 Xenon) and whilst they are real workhorses, they will probably have glitches, malfunctions or even worse after many years of non usage: that's pretty normal, for electronics 25+ years old. I had the chance to see a dedicated and skilled technician work on these projectors and believe me the amount of dedication it takes him to explore every possible source of troubles, is really astonishing. Every elctronic board is removed from the machine, checked, (soldering points) cleaned and reassembled. The same applies for the countless microswitches, solenoids, relais etc. Often they have to be cleaned or replaced. Also this projector is ill-known among S/8 enthusiasts for its 'partiality' in scratching films, if some parts which tend to wear, are not modified accordingly. All that said I think € 400 is nowhere close even to purchasing a standard version, let alone a Xenon.

Gentlemen... The reciprocity failure is not what has been descibed in this thread. It consists in the fact that when a film is exposed for longer time than 3-4 seconds, the emulsion does not react consistently to all colours so you may end up having strong color dominants which have to be corrected while shooting. Tech- specs manufactures' sheet usually address such a problem, which vary from film stock to film stock. My toppence.

Once I had a problem like this: I consulted the haed technician and he admitted a problem in the chemistry, possibly un-replenished developer. So I second those who suggested to contact the lab. I guess they should give you a refund, but act quickly.