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Ken Layton
Phenomenal Film Handler
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Posts: 1452
From: Olympia, Wash. USA
Registered: Sep 1999
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posted 04-15-2001 01:14 PM
The EX-6000 is a better machine. It has a rotary switch for most functions and when you hit the changeover button it goes right now.Does the 6100 leak oil directly onto the amplifier just like the 6000 does? The thing I don't like about the pedestal Eiki machines is that they don't have a regular lamphouse table. You can only use Eiki's own xenon lamphouses made for that model only. I'd rather be able to slap any old xenon or carbon arc lamphouse on the machine and put a ZIPPER changeover on the machine. On the 6000, the metric screws on the magnetic takeup clutch motor always work loose and cause weak or no takeup. Does this happen on the 6100 also?
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Jeff Taylor
Jedi Master Film Handler
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From: Chatham, NJ/East Hampton, NY
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 04-16-2001 08:51 AM
As a practical matter, if you need to show 16mm and want a "current" machine your obvious US choices really are virtually limited to Eiki and Elmo, and in terms of fairly straightforward design, parts availability, and factory support, people I know have had better luck with Eiki as Elmo is edging out of the film projector business. I have not had experience with Eiki geneva machine(s), but among the claw designs (both incandescent and xenon) I've found them as good as anything in handling marginal prints, and the three-sprocket designs seem both relatively gentle and very quiet running. Among the xenons, I've found the older EX1500 series to be fairly bulletproof assuming you can live with the light output and your back can handle the reactive power supply! The sprocket/cam drive is simplicity itself (and does include and incher), the cam tank comes out with two screws for service, the exposed take up motor and belt drive is simplicity itself, the felt take up clutch generally gives a tight wind even on large reels, the lamp is a snap to align without tools, the audio (which is located at the top of the machine) comes out for service with two screws and performs well, and overall image quality is about as good as 16 gets. I haven't worked with Horstons or Fumeos, but short of the late lamented Eastman 25's people I know have had good experience with the Eiki's.
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