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Author Topic: Simplex E-7 Collectors Robert John Hodge Film Handler Posts: 10 From: Syracuse , N.Y. Registered: May 2004 posted 09-18-2014 03:03 PM                     The General Electric Syncrolight system dated from the late 1940's. It was used in conjunction with an iconoscope television camera. R. Hodge  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 09-19-2014 08:54 PM                        I've seen a 16mm B&H converted by GE to pulse strobes. Interestingly enough, mounted on a Simplex heavy base. Stored at WHAS TV 11 back in the ntsc days.  |  IP: Logged Jeff Taylor Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 601 From: Chatham, NJ/East Hampton, NY Registered: Apr 2000 posted 09-20-2014 12:29 PM                     I seem to recall an article about a Signal Corps project adapting JAN's with a pulse xenon--Osram if I recall correctly. Not sure it ever went anywhere beyond some test units.  |  IP: Logged Robert Koch Film Handler Posts: 93 From: Williams Ca USA Registered: Apr 2006 posted 09-21-2014 07:18 PM                     Had the "pleasure"of instslling the first norelco fp 20 pulse light in the US, or so I was told, in Fort Bragg Ca for a stubborn owner, one of those who would never take any advice and he was going to be the first in the US to tell National Carbon Co where they could put their carbons' This was a new theatre so, as soon as it was ready, to replace an older theatre with Simplex E 7`s and Peerless Magnarcs drawing about 65 amps that had an excellent picture and an RCA PG 91 sound set with excellent sound. [how could you miss with a stadium house with an Altec A4X. backstage],The result was disastrous with a picture, as Sam described,that was awful and Blue,Blue and more Blue and the local patrons used to the other theatre soon stopped attending. Took quite awhile but this stubborn remotely located owner, finally bought Christie xenons which were much better, but still not as good as the Magnrcs in my very biased opinion. The only good thing for me was Fred Pheiff,of Norelco, coming all they way out from New "Yawk to see how I was doing. Great Guy  |  IP: Logged System Notices Forum Watchdog / Soup Nazi Posts: 215 Registered: Apr 2004 posted 06-12-2017 07:53 AM                 It has been 994 days since the last post.  |  IP: Logged James Lee Guy Film Handler Posts: 5 From: Indianapolis, Indiana Registered: Feb 2017 posted 06-12-2017 07:53 AM                     I'm a newbie to film-tech, but been involved in the film industry for over 20 years. I do have a passion to preserve the history of film and film projection. Just recently I acquired a pair of E7's with Peerless High Intensity lamp houses. I've been detailing them for a few months time willing. I'd like to find out the date of manufacture if anyone can help me decode the serial numbers, and share any historical knowledge you may have. I love this pair so much I put them in the living room but my wife is nagging me to move them to the basement. I will once I finish transforming it into my exhibit room, as long as she doesn't kill me.  |  IP: Logged John Eickhof Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 588 From: Wendell, ID USA Registered: Jan 2000 posted 06-12-2017 07:57 PM                        post the serial numbers oe message to me i have a chart from ipc and will date them for you.  |  IP: Logged Will Kutler Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1506 From: Tucson, AZ, USA Registered: Feb 2001 posted 06-14-2017 06:28 PM                     Hi James Please e-mail or I.M. me for questions regarding E-7 restoration and operation.  |  IP: Logged James Lee Guy Film Handler Posts: 5 From: Indianapolis, Indiana Registered: Feb 2017 posted 06-26-2017 04:18 AM                     Thanks guys! I emailed the numbers to both of you. I'll need to reduce the resolution of the pics then post them here. I was quite lucky to find this pair. The gentleman that owned these really cherished them. He bought them from a drive-in before I was born, then he had set up a private cinema on the second and third floors of an old building he owned and would show movies to the community free of charge. This was his hobby after retirement. He even taught his sons and grandsons how to operate them. He long passed away before I met his sons. He would have been a great mentor for me. It may sound crazy, but I enjoyed the four days to break these down so I could carry the parts to my vehicle, and then reassemble in US home. I'll never forget when his son removed the tarps that covering them. I felt as if I was as if I was Indiana Jones witnessing the unveiling of the Lost Arc. So I guess you can understand my appreciation for them. I would like to make a proper exhibit for them. So any assistance you all can provide I would greatly appreciate them.  |  IP: Logged

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