Wittner-Kinotechnik

[Hanthx]

Hello

There have been a few rare posts about this place and the super 8 products they sell. After visiting their website and talking to many people about them, Wittner seems to be a great place for equipment, if you know what your looking for.
Im wishing I never spent money on a Beaulieu from ebay, then spent extra on repairs, only to find out I could of bought one from them for less, and have a 6 month warranty.
For around 750.00 you can buy a Zm2 with a 6-66 schneider or 8-64 angienux, battery (600Ma) and charger. Thats not a bad deal considering they have completely overhauled the camera.
But wait...
In conjunction with Beaulieu, they are remanufacturing the Zm2 cameras (not the lenses) and selling those also.
This is not an overhauled camera, but a camera with new parts (actually parts that Beaulieu still has in stock).
The camera sell for 1100.00
Funny, it cost that much in the 70's.
This place really treats their customers well, and sell equipment for great prices, and if one of you is wanting to spend some money on equipment, I would check this place out first.
They even sell 10 rolls of Kodachrome with processing for 106.00. Thats only 10 bucks (and some change) for film and developing. How much are you paying for processing alone?
Anyways, I thought some of you might like to know this info before sinking a few hundred dollars into a camera on ebay.

Scott

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[dogstarman]

No kidding.
After communicating with them, I see absolutely no reason to buy a camera or projector anywhere else (except maybe Salvation Army). They have everything you could want, they are polite, prompt with their email, and everything is priced so damn cheaply, you almost wonder if the currency conversion is correct. Too bad we can't have a similar outfit on these shores... and Super8 Sound ain't it... not by a longshot.

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[Hanthx]

Dogstarman

If you have noticed, they also have remanufactured the 7008 pro, and the 708 el Beulieu projector.
The only warning I would caution people is about the voltage conversion, especially the projectors.
Make sure to buy a projector that was made for 60hz, not 50hz. If the projector has the 50hz voltage, and think you can just pop on adaptor for our standards, then you are going to have problems.
For any of you that are looking for the 200' loads with sound on reels for the mag loads, this is the place to go to.

Scott

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[dogstarman]

yep, I noticed...

I have noticed everything on that entire site (and it is HUGE)... Wittner-Kinotechnik is my internet porn...

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