[Tig] Sepmag and telecine

[Jeff Kreines]

Hi, Andreas:

It looks to me like the split-16mm mag that was used in the very  
uncommon Magnasync Nomad from the early 60s.  It was a very odd  
machine -- it attached to the camera with a flexible shaft, and was  
driven directly by the camera motor (so it stayed in sync, even with  
spring-wind cameras).

The Nagra and Perfectone and Stellavox recorders all came out about  
the same time, and offered many advantages over the Nomad, which did  
not catch on.  It was a clever device, though I can't attest to the  
quality.

Of course, since you are in Europe, it could be these tapes were  
recorded with an Erlson recorder -- here's a photo of an Erlson P80  
that was in the estate sale of Dizzy Gillespie (and went very  
cheaply).  Wish I'd known about it!  It would have gone well with my  
Nomad!

http://www.dawsonandnye.com/lot_details.html? 
SIZE=full&auction_id=33&lot_integer=315&lot_letter=&sub=b

Here's some discussion in German that I can't really read:

http://www.kamera-board.de/wbb2/print.php? 
threadid=521&page=1&sid=9abea3a08117bcf79fc72fbc6d033880

Good luck!

Jeff "collects early obscure portable sync sound tape recorders" Kreines


On Dec 12, 2007, at 4:47 AM, Andreas Wideroe Andersen wrote:

> I've never seen this before. Does anyone have any background info
> about these magnetic reels - Ie. how common are/were they? What is
> the most common sepmag type audio format out there for film?