[Tig] 8mm Fullcoat Mag

[Nichols Craig]

Magnatech Series 600 mag machines were/are commonly used in LA.  http://www.magna-tech.com/mte600.htm
Upgraded audio electronics from Jensen give much better headroom. http://www.jensen-transformers.com/
There is a German machine that I forget the name of that is still made and is the Mercedes Benz of mags. It is quite good but I don't remember name. 

Craig Nichols
Thomson GVG
Views expressed are mine and not necessarily those of Thomson


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From: tig-bounces at tig.colorist.org [mailto:tig-bounces at tig.colorist.org] On Behalf Of Rob Lingelbach
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 11:07 AM
To: Andreas Widerøe Andersen
Cc: tig at colorist.org
Subject: Re: [Tig] 8mm Fullcoat Mag

Thanks to Greg Fisher for supporting the TIG.
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On Dec 14, 2007, at 4:26 PM, Andreas Widerøe Andersen wrote:
>
> http://www.sondor.ch/pictures/full_omae.jpg
>
> What makes/models would typically be used with FDL-90/Ursa generation
> telecines? Are there any info online about them? Manufacturers or
> even repair shops that restore them?

you'll get quite a few responses to this Andreas, hopefully.

Bill Topazio, last I'd heard, might have a Magna-Tech dubber in NYC,
and no doubt there are others that have as well; any facility that
works with archive material for example.

I don't recall the model number we used at the facilities where I
worked in the 80s and 90s in Hollywood, but the Magna-Tech dubbers
(the popular name for them) were workhorses and could read many
different formats of mag-stripe film, depending on the
(interchangeable) head used. They are typically driven by a tach pulse
from the telecine; in the case of a Cintel machine there is a "sep mag
wheel" that I believe is high-res in that it provides many pulses per
frame. The cable you described must be to provide that tach pulse
unless I'm mistaken.

regards
Rob

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