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Author Topic: Old Simplex in the Denver Area Chase Pickett Expert Film Handler Posts: 142 From: Irving, Texas, USA Registered: Nov 2010 posted 01-30-2011 11:08 PM                     I stumbled upon an old Simplex E-7 while I was perusing the Denver Craigslist. So If anyone here lives in a nearby area, and would like to have a functional Carbon-Arc, it's $600. I would buy it myself, but don't have the money to do so. Maybe It will still be posted when my tax returns come around. Here is the link. Simplex  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 01-30-2011 11:13 PM                        Way too old and "Simplex-y" for my tastes. Now if it were a Century SA or JJ (not C)...  |  IP: Logged Chase Pickett Expert Film Handler Posts: 142 From: Irving, Texas, USA Registered: Nov 2010 posted 01-30-2011 11:27 PM                     I've never experienced a Century SA. I agree with you on the JJ however. I would like to get it just to learn how to use a Carbon-Arc though. Honestly, I think those older Simplex's are the hardest damn things to thread. My fingers weren't built to shove film in that tight of spaces.  |  IP: Logged

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