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Topic: Source for 11mm carbons?
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Gordon McLeod
Film God
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From: Toronto Ontario Canada
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 10-27-2002 08:56 PM
Union carbide sold off alot to Societie du Carbone Lorraine They also bought Morganite and Stackpole there big market is carbon brushesMarble makes carbon in Japan Double Eagle brand as does Ibagawwa under the brand Sunny There is an Indian carbon company here and a chineese one called SeaGull I don't know what happened to the Ringsdorf group that made Diamond carbons As for National the projector division was closed down and it has lost all the people who knew what they were doing so it is iffy what they will produce
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Will Kutler
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From: Tucson, AZ, USA
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 10-28-2002 08:00 PM
Just a note for everyone:According to the City of Tucson, AZ, the EPA has put a nation-wide ban on the indoor use of carbons. The Tucson Convention Center (Tucson Parks and Recreation) used to have some nice Strong Super Trooper Follow Spots that were removed because of this "ban". These units are now occosionally used for outdoor events. The City of Tucson "stage handlers and sound crews" are so well trained that they are using welding carbons in these units! They have no idea what projection carbons are...and those that they had on hand were pretty well beat up! I tried to tell the City of Tucson people that their info was incorrect, but of course you cant get anywhere when speaking with political boneheads. I also tried to speak with them about the correct operation of these units, and of course they are clueless.I also asked them to present me with the EPA regulation banning the use of carbons, and of course they were unable to do so. I have not checked the EPA regs...but I understand this "ban" to be nothing less than a well circulated rumor. Any comments anyone? There is a local "art house cinema"...if one can even call it that. Anyhow, the owner of this "theater" managed to save a pair of Supers/SH1000s and Magnarcs from the Tucson "Temple of Music and Art". Those boneheads where clueless as to what this equipment is and were preparing to haul it all off to the dump. Anyhow, I offered to to the install for this "arthouse"...a 16mm "art house". The owner said that the City of Tucson would not permit him to run carbons indoors. This owner is one of the many boneheads that I spent much time consulting with...and was nothing less than a waste of time. I offered to get him some Xenon so that he could run 35mm...no response from the yutz.
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Ray Derrick
Master Film Handler
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From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2001
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posted 10-30-2002 07:15 AM
Murphy's Law No 695 (sounds like a nice number) dictates that where ever technology exists there will be an over-abundance of technology illiterate boneheads. Evolution suggests you have two alternatives, fight or flight. If you fight, you take on the establishment and risk losing your credibility and your livelihood (because the establishment is bigger and stronger than you are). If you choose flight, you go out and buy a new lamphouse and everybody is happy (except maybe your bank manager, but have you ever seen him happy anyway?).
------------------ Ray Derrick President/Chief Engineer Panalogic Corporation Sydney, Australia Phone: 61 (0)2 9894 6655 Fax: 61 (0)2 9894 6935
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Tim Reed
Better Projection Pays
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From: Northampton, PA
Registered: Sep 1999
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posted 10-31-2002 03:10 PM
Mitchell, I can't imagine it being nitrate if it says safety. I've seen nitrate legends printed-through when later prints were struck onto safety-base stock, but not the other way around.Note, safety will burn, just slowly. Nitrate goes up in a big orange flame with a slight "whoosh" sound. ------------------ Better Projection Pays!
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