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Posted by Barry Floyd (Member # 385) on 12-01-2000, 02:32 PM:
I saw this today on Ebay... it's described as a "great home theatre display"
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=509859816 It looks to be in decent shape, but could you imagine a 300 pound "home theatre display trinket"??
Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 12-01-2000, 03:11 PM:
Well, it _does_ look pretty cool, if you have the space for it. And, at $20.50, it's a bargain compared with the Goldberg 2000' house reels which sell for $50+ on Ebay, and for about $10 apiece in Big Reel (and about $80 brand-new from Goldberg). (Which prices are totally insane, of course. Pretty much anyone who actually _needs_ 2000' house reels already has a ton of them. Only the 1/2"-shaft ones and the 6000' sizes actually seem to be worth real money.)
Posted by Barry Hans (Member # 477) on 12-01-2000, 04:38 PM:
Was it the Super Corelight or Cinex with the split douser? I remember the 1st time ( or two ) I broke the Positive carbons on either the zipper plate or the shutter! Another lesson in look before you do. The picture on e- bay reminded me that I did not always think carbon arcs were all that great. They are a better memory than actually working with them day in and day out in my opinion. Boy I am glad Xenons took over!
Posted by Gordon McLeod (Member # 33) on 12-01-2000, 05:43 PM:
Actually I mourn the dimise of carbon arcs
at least every trim was brand new and the light was consistant compared to over run lamps
Posted by Peter Dougherty (Member # 686) on 12-01-2000, 07:36 PM:
Hi Gord, Figured I'd see you here as well <grin>. I, too, miss carbons dearly. Great light, to be sure, but they added one thing that xenons helped eliminate--the need for a trained projectionist in the booth.
I always got a great deal of satisfaction when going in, especially as a relief projectionist, into a carbon house and burning the 5" leftovers right down to stubs--making the changeover with less than 2 minutes light left on the positive or negative carbon.