Graham Ritchie
Film God
Posts: 4001
From: New Zealand
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted August 05, 2012 06:24 PM
The other night our past "like me" projectionist and now doing an electrical apprentiship paid us a visit. Keen to show of that I am not completely senile ![[Smile]](smile.gif) "not yet" I showed him my latest DIY 36v 400watt more light on the screen project. I was pleased that he could not quickly figure it out, so yours truly had to explain things anyway, he asked about an old turntable that was sitting nearby "had never seen one going" so I put on a LP. He looked at this thing and asked, how does it work?. ![[Confused]](confused.gif) I said it uses a needle which runs in a groove....WOW....thats amazing was the reply, got a flashlight "torch" and watched it going round and round. ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif) Anyway, later I asked my 6 year old grandaughter if she new what a record player was and without hesitation she replied... YES...its what you put your films on ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Well, I started thinking that there is a good chance that anyone born from the early 1990s on, would never have seen a record player going, as by that time most stores had moved into CD sales and records into history.
With ever changing technology, its easy to forget the past and I hope one day, that like the record player etc, film and film projectors will still find a place to run eg "working" museum more so than at present to offer a glimpse into a past technology that so many have never seen.
PS. Might be a good job for...me.
Graham.
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