Scott, when the Zombie Apocalypse comes, you will find that "old film junk" to be very valuable. You can use a turned over 6 plate moviola flatbed to block a door, which is something that Final Cut Pro will never be able to do. Who has the last laugh then?
:-) On 3/22/14, 8:14 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
The Moviola flatbeds are not THAT hard to maintain, although sadly the company in NYC that had spare parts inventories tossed everything into a dumpster about five years ago. Still, the electronics are all fairly generic TTL stuff and there are few weird mechanical parts because the controls are all-electronic. The main worry is getting mag heads when they wear out, and with a little machine shop work you can fit Nortronics replacement heads in there. That said, I spent $10 for my six-plate about ten years ago, and since then I have seen several of them turn up at auction with no bidders at any price. I nearly bid on them just to save them from the scrapyard but I already have a garage full of old film junk that I don't know what to do with. --scott _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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