[geeks] 8mm projector

[Gil Young]

Be sure to be careful with some auto-feed models, if you feed an 8 whilst it
is switched to super8, well,  I lost the very beginning of an "Inspector
Willoughby and the case of the frozen storage yegg" once (snif).....

Gil Young
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----- Original Message -----
From: James <jfogg at vicinity.com>
To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: [geeks] 8mm projector


> I have played with 8mm before (have 3 projectors).
> Some possible features?
> 1) Sound (not before 1970 or so).
> 2) Dual media (8mm and super8) - very common on newer projectors
> 3) Self threading (very handy)
> 4) auto loop adjusting (very common on newer models)
> 5) built-in takeup reel (no biggie, but some had it)
>
> Save yourself much trouble and check the lamp number. Call a photo dealer
> and check for lamp availablity (unless you are at a yard sale and they
> only want $4.00 for the thing). Many lamps are no longer in production
> (and yes, they get hot, so no fingerprints on the envelope). Also ask the
> dealer for a price on a lamp. Have the air sickness bag ready (some run
> $75.00 and most aren't cheaper than $25.00). Lamp life is usually very
> short (10 to 50 hours).
>
> If your media is from the 50's and early 60's it will be 8mm. I forget how
> to tell the difference, but super8 will have a larger frame size and
> different sprocket holes. Oh wait... I seem to recall that super8 only has
> a sprocket track on one side. I might be wrong, or that may mean it has
> an audio track.
>
> And no, you cannot freeze film for very long, the film will melt. Some
> projectors have slow motion and momentary freeze frame.
>
> Many films from the 50's were spliced onto much larger reels (say 8 inches
> or so). The projectors with built-in takeup reels may not accomodate this
> much film. The splicing was a service offered by photo processors.
>
> Also, I sometimes find 8mm and super8 splicer/editors. I used to have one.
> They make a cool geek toy (kinda big though). If you're into dead media,
> you can find 8mm and super8 cameras dirt cheap (I have a few). The Minox
> is a covetted model (super small 8mm big-featured camera that cost a
> mint back in the day).
>
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> On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:
>
> > I was recently looking at 8mm projectors for sale cheaply, and realized
> > that some research might be in order.
> >
> > Here is the deal.  I have a lot of 8mm film that I would like to view,
and
> > perhaps copying onto video.  So, what should one look for in projectors?
> >
> > Also, there is one feature that I would like, but I don't know if it is
> > likely to exist.  I would like to be able to electronically pause
playback
> > and advance a frame at a time.
> >
> > --
> > Joshua Boyd
> >
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