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MYSTERY OBJECT -
SOLVED
The two pictures at right were sent to me by long-
time subscriber, Pat Byrnes
Pat had added the comment: I bought this many
years ago on eBay, all they said was that it was used
on all the major productions around Sydney, but
nothing else.
So, who to turn to - Kev Franzi of course. And kev
has one, and knows how all about it (as I suspected!).
Kev’s reply was … The HKS machine – I have two
of them which I use all the time. I've never thought
of them as being projectors which of course they are
as the come with a bench top enclosed screen. It is of
course an excellent animated viewer that film editors
would recognise instantly. You would find it very
useful for checking 16mm prints [thread under the
sprocket over the roller then through the gate] on the
winding bench. If it has no screen set up a white card
a foot in front of the lens, shielded it from the room
light and your in business.
Kev’s set up is below.
industry – how lucky can you be!
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