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<blockquote data-quote="Steerpike" data-source="post: 759025" data-attributes="member: 807"><p>The Sony arrived today; thank you so much!</p><p></p><p>I can immediately tell it does NOT have a broken cam, as is common on this model.</p><p>The heads & tape-guides show very little wear, so it seems not to have many hours on it.</p><p>Oddly, the head azimuth is quite evidently WAY out... someone has turned the adjustments very far - I can see it quite clearly, without going near a test tape or tool. I wonder if the SABC did this before selling the machines, to make them unusable to casual buyers?</p><p></p><p>And it has XLR microphone sockets - not standard for a 510-2. I haven't checked if they put in a genuine balanced mic stage.</p><p></p><p>Using these machines on location would have required mountains of tape reels: 32 minutes per reel at low speed, 16 mins per reel at high speed (45 mins with Long Play tape, at slightly inferior performance).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steerpike, post: 759025, member: 807"] The Sony arrived today; thank you so much! I can immediately tell it does NOT have a broken cam, as is common on this model. The heads & tape-guides show very little wear, so it seems not to have many hours on it. Oddly, the head azimuth is quite evidently WAY out... someone has turned the adjustments very far - I can see it quite clearly, without going near a test tape or tool. I wonder if the SABC did this before selling the machines, to make them unusable to casual buyers? And it has XLR microphone sockets - not standard for a 510-2. I haven't checked if they put in a genuine balanced mic stage. Using these machines on location would have required mountains of tape reels: 32 minutes per reel at low speed, 16 mins per reel at high speed (45 mins with Long Play tape, at slightly inferior performance). [/QUOTE]
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