Steenbeck ST 822

[Daniel]

Hello,

Greetings!

I don't know if this was mentionned here :

great news from Steenbeck

they have built a new 8mm / super 8mm viewing table "ST 822".... first time in about three decades.........

Here is the link http://www.steenbeck.com/3-7.html

Bye bye,
Daniel


text from Steenbeck website :

ST 822
The new series 8mm film viewing table, type ST822 is an ideal for film archives, film laboratories and film scanning studios.

The new series 8mm features:
New 2 plate, 2 picture film table with COMMAG sound.
Designed from a proven concept, for extreme friendly film handling.
Fast and accurate checking of film and sound.
Separate film systems for Super 8 (S8) and Normal 8 (N8) (switchable)
with large projection area each 230 x 160 mm (approx).
Full frame projection.
Lamp 12V / 100Watt.
High quality projection screen.
Standard with electronic universal processor counter.
Standard with display for actual running speed of film.
Standard with a safe built in film rewinder.
Sound system:
both 8mm formats with COMMAG sound mono:
Super 8: 2 channels for main and balance track, with two faders

Normal 8: 1 channel.
summing amp. with treble, bass and master volume potentiometers.
headphone ¼” jack.
two balanced XLR mono outputs.
two way high quality loudspeakers
Switchable sync speeds 18 and 24 f.p.s.
Varia speed from 0 till 100 f.p.s. (approx)
For 8mm and Super8 film spools. Steel adapter for S8 spools.
Ground glass back-illuminated by a 7000° K (approx) light source.
Operating voltage selectable 100 - 240 V / 50 of 60Hz at 3 A.

[Nicholas Kovats]

I nearly dropped my laptop.

New precision S8/R8 transport? Wow! Any idea of price?

That Steenbeck would even consider investing in this area is most impressive. What a bunch of Super 8 engineering nutjobs. And I mean that most respectively.

[etimh]

This is so insanely cool.

Tim

[Wade]

This is....amazing! What is COMMAG? The only info I saw on-line describes it as sound striping of 8mm or 16mm film.

[Uppsala BildTeknik]

So cool! I didn´t even know Steenbeck was still in business!
Commag = magnetic audiotrack.

[Wade]

Commag = magnetic audiotrack.

Is it magnetic fullcoat, or sound striped film used as sound track? I didn't know equipment existed now that put sound track on either type.

[Uppsala BildTeknik]

I don´t think it "puts" a audio track on the film, but it plays back the existing audio track (at least that is the way I understand it).

[aj]

I thought I saw these on display in at the Köln photokina. Not even sure because there was so much to see Foma amongst others With Fomapan and Fomalux

Apparently there is some demand expectation. Considering the discussions here and there people are still looking for these.

Transfer houses are using them to discuss edits with customers.
http://www.supersens.nl/supersens/pagin ... nbeck.html
Also ciné image libraries will be among prospects.

I suppose many components are shared with other gauges. Still the rollers, sprockets and what more must be fit for 8mm. So design and a first batch of these components was invested.

One would hope they can sell a number of these.

[mattias]

very cool. com-posite as opposed to sep-arate, simple as that. i think there's also a difference between sepmag and fullcoat even though they work the same way, but i'm not sure of the details and either way that's beside the point here.

[Juergen]

The price is 25.000 Euros without VAT.

[Uppsala BildTeknik]

Cool thing, but the price is all crazy (if you ask me).

[Nicholas Kovats]

25K EUR?

Hmmmm. Sorry but I am NOT selling my Porsche.

[etimh]

25K EUR?

But not that suprising, right?

It's kind of like a Ferrari (speaking of cars) or any other high-end prestige auto--handbuilt, with few actual potential buyers. They (Steenbeck) have to pay for all of the R&D, I imagine, and of course the materials and fine craftsmanship. :?

Suffice it to say, I will not be getting one of these anytime soon. But it is still fascinating and amazingly cool.

Tim

[Nicholas Kovats]

Or perhaps more accurately described as a crack addict ducted taped to a wall and drooling helplessly at 1 pound rocks 2 inches away on a table.

[aj]

Makes one wonder what a new S8 camera might cost
Cameras are far more complex and require precision machined parts where this editing table has many household parts, shares many parts with 16mm versions and the special S8 parts are limited in number.