posted June 06, 2008 04:48 PM                    

My first projector - really my Dad's - was a Porst, I think the model name was FP 10. It was a simple silent super-8 projector with a 12V/100W lamp and (surprisingly) an 800ft reel capacity, although the take-up reel that came with it was only 600ft and we never even came close to filling it up anyway (it was just home movies and a few short cartoons on 200ft reels, if that).
One day, after yet another 50ft "cinema evening", my Mom tripped over the power cord and the projector had a brief but intense affair with the hardwood floor. Thus, a few months later, I got the Bauer T-450 for my birthday (my parents had recognized my affection toward filming by that time).

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There could only be one word to describe a hand cranked sound projector:
"Wow!"
(...think about it!)

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LOL! I wonder what they did to combat that problem - tie a flywheel to their hands?

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Call me Phoenix. *dusts off the ashes*