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Author Topic: SA-150 Solar cell alignment indicator Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 03-31-2003 07:23 AM                        As offered here. Has anyone worked with this tool?  |  IP: Logged Ken Layton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1452 From: Olympia, Wash. USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 03-31-2003 10:40 AM                     No, I haven't used one, but the unit is made by Eprad.  |  IP: Logged Richard Fowler Film God Posts: 2392 From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 03-31-2003 11:18 AM                     The test kit was a simple good fast option instead of dragging an ocilloscope to do the same checks. We used the units we had for field trips out of the USA and to do flutter checks. Richard Fowler Kinoton America Inc.  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 03-31-2003 03:44 PM                        Richard, is it just a convenient quick`n dirty tool, or would you say it is a good replacement for an oscilloscope for these purposes? How much actually is it?  |  IP: Logged Richard Fowler Film God Posts: 2392 From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 03-31-2003 05:21 PM                     A very good "quick and dirty" tool and more travel damage resistant than most scopes....not a cure all but a live saver on some jobs. The last ones we purchased where in the $350.00 price range. Richard Fowler Kinoton America Inc.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 03-31-2003 10:10 PM                     I have one of those -- I will take a picture of it and post it here (possibly tomorrow). UPDATE -- PICS ARE NOW ON PAGE 2 The Eprad SA-150 is quite small but I don't like it very much as it doesn't allow for precision required in an A-chain alignment which I personally believe is too critical for "quick and dirty" work. I remember the first time I saw this thing. I was horrified when I realized the installer was going to use it for the primary adjustment. Apparently he ended up selling it to the theatre while I was away. I'll probably never use it...but I still carry it with me as a backup. [ 04-02-2003, 05:57 PM: Message edited by: Manny Knowles ]  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 03-31-2003 10:29 PM                        How is it used? Where is it connected?  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 03-31-2003 10:41 PM                     There are two sets of stereo inputs (BNC connectors) giving the user a choice to connect directly to the solar cell or to the processor's test points. There are buttons for you to engage depending on which test film you are running (crosstalk, buzz track, pink noise). Then there are little lights that tell you if you are "over" or "under" and you fiddle until you get a balanced display (left and right). The indicators are a lot like the Dolby Tone lights in some Dolby processors.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-01-2003 10:12 AM                     The thing works but it is sort of like having a seperate scope and RTA that can't be connected at the same time the flutter option is very handy  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 04-01-2003 12:27 PM                        So it would be handy not for complete alignment, but for a quick effective check to track down problems?  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-01-2003 02:37 PM                     I have done complete alingment with them when the scope has been lost in airline baggage hell  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 04-01-2003 03:15 PM                        Did they find it later and returned it to you?  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 04-01-2003 03:59 PM                     Michael that question is OFF TOPIC and you of all people ought to know better. Please start another thread if you want to discuss lost luggage with Gordon.  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 04-01-2003 04:49 PM                        I am the master of off topic questions and comments completely unrelated to the actual subject, Manny. To return to the topic, where are the pictures you promised?  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 04-02-2003 12:07 AM                        Manny, you're allowed to go off topic in any forum but 'Reviews' and 'Print Info'. So there! That said, the airlines know that if they lose Gord's luggage for any extended period of time that he'll let his cat loose on them.  |  IP: Logged

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