Posts: 38
From: Charlottesville,Virginia
Registered: Aug 2010
posted August 15, 2010 02:35 PM
I found one of the Bentley projectors along with a matching Super-8 camera for sale at a pawn shop in the mid 1980's. No wonder it was selling so cheap,as others have mentioned it ate film with much gusto. I put a copy of Ken Films "The Sands of Iwo Jima" through it and John Wayne wasn't killed by a sniper,but by the hungry jaws of the Bentley!
Posts: 979
From: Manassas, VA. USA
Registered: Jun 2003
posted August 17, 2010 08:14 AM
Guy, ....I also started collecting in 1958...or 9..with that hand cranked Brumberger. It destroyed film..but I loved that machine..and used it for years before my parents bought me an actual motorized machine. My first films..which I ran over and over and over ....on that Brumberger were just filled with black lines, but the picture was so dim and small that you could hardly tell...and I don't think it ever put any white emulsion scratches on my little 50 Castle films.
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From: Highland Mills, NY USA
Registered: Jun 2003
posted August 18, 2010 12:20 AM
Brad, your M/W projector sure does look alot like my GAF Dual-8 unit from back in the early-mid 70s. To it, it loves to munch and crunch fine celluloid specimens. I still use it, but I try to keep it meticulously clean and only run it sparingly. No problems so far, but back in the day....Wow, it showed no mercy.
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From: Plymouth U.K
Registered: Dec 2003
posted August 18, 2010 03:48 AM
I had a bell and Howeel filmosonic, i put one film through it and got one very thick green scratch on the right side. I've never since touch B&H 8mm only 16.