[Tig] 8mm Fullcoat Mag

[Dave Satin]

That was the sondor machine

Dave Satin

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On Dec 14, 2007, at 2:47 PM, "Nichols Craig"  
<Craig.Nichols at thomson.net> wrote:

> Thanks to Greg Fisher for supporting the TIG.
> ====
>
> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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.
> ====
>
>
> 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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