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Leo Enticknap
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Posts: 7474
From: Loma Linda, CA
Registered: Jul 2000
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posted 10-02-2015 12:27 AM
Elf was the brand name with which Eiki sold 16mm classroom portables in the UK from around the late 1960s to the mid 1980s.
If memory serves me correctly, the integrated amps were 25w, too. I wouldn't have thought this was a major issue: the impedance was so low that you wouldn't need much more to power a single speaker in a typical home, classroom or church hall either.
IMHO, the Eiki/Elf RT and NT 16mm machines were the nicest that sold on any significant scale in Britain in the final phase of the 16mm (as a mainstream format) era. For collectors and hobbyists now they are also a good choice, because the life-limited spares (principally belts and bulbs) are still readily available. The optics of the stock 50mm lens were also Japanese engineering at its best. As for the amps, the chances are somewhere between high and 100% that you'll need to replace the capacitors on any used machine you buy now, but the same would go for any other of a similar vintage.
I left Britain in 2013, but up until then I did a bit of refurbishing of classroom Elfs for experimental filmmakers and those sort of folks. At that time, around 50 pounds for a carcass to be culled for spares, up to 300 for a scrupulously maintained example in as new condition was the going rate. Avoid the autothreaders (unnecessary mechanical components to go wrong and damage prints), and especially avoid the slot loaders if poss.
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