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Topic: Projector recomendations please
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Craig Hamilton
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 501
From: Luton
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted February 13, 2007 12:38 PM
Well today I made the trip to see Tony at Buckingham Films, what an Aladdin’s cave of all gauges. 9.5mm 8mm & some 16mm. After drooling over some of the equipment on display I have settled for a beautiful 1920’s Pathe Baby.
This projector has been fully restored and converted to modern electronics with a QI halogen light. It is fully motorised rather than being hand cranked, it even has a motor driven rewind. Sadly, Tony was not happy with the light output and has recommended that I give him a couple of days to have the lamp assembly re-adjusted.
Not only is this machine very attractive to look at with its motor mounted and the 300ft super arms fitted, it is very hypnotic to watch in operation. So I now eagerly await an email from Tony to say it is ready for collection. When I receive it I will post a couple of pictures, I may even take a leaf out of Lees book and post a little video on Youtube. I did buy some films, along with a 9.5 splicer, leader and a bottle of fresh cement.
A trip to Buckingham films is recommended if you have some spare time, it is very easy to get to.
Paul, you were right when you said that was a good bakery. thick steak slice with a huge apple turnover for desert.
Craig
-------------------- I dream of becoming a dealer!!!!!! Is Perry's Movies for Sale.
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Paul Adsett
Film God
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From: USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted February 13, 2007 05:04 PM
Glad to hear you had a successful visit Craig. You will really love that Pathe Baby. Its a stunning looking machine and a real conversation show piece for cine and non-cine people alike. I have modified my machine to 20 watt halogen lighting also, pretty essential as the supply of original lamps is almost non-existant, plus the original resistance matt in the base of the machine, used to drop the voltage, is lethal. One thing you may want to consider Craig, is disabling the notched title device. When you swing back the gate for threading you will see a little spring loaded plate on the left hand side of the gate. This is Pathe's patented notch title device, and when you are running 9.5mm films with notched titles it trips the mechanism for several turns of the handle, so that you can read the notched title, which is only on one or two frames of the film. (The very early Pathe 9.5mm films were all notched titles, to save on film, but the vast majority of the Pathescope prints were running titles). This little device works great, but the problem I have found is that it can sometimes make the threading of the film a little difficult as it tends to 'pop' the film out of position when the gate is open. So if you are not running any notched titles there is a simple way to temporarily disable the notching device thru the top of the machine by inserting a paper clip at the appropriate location in the mechanism. I have done this on my Pathe Baby, and it makes life a lot easier to thread the film thru the gate, and it does not change the projector in any way.
Pathe Baby rules!......
-------------------- The best of all worlds- 8mm, super 8mm, 9.5mm, and HD Digital Projection, Elmo GS1200 f1.0 2-blade Eumig S938 Stereo f1.0 Ektar Panasonic PT-AE4000U digital pj
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Paul Adsett
Film God
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From: USA
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posted February 16, 2007 08:20 PM
What a beautiful looking baby, Craig! Congratulations to you and your wife, and I hope your wife is doing fine! Seriously though, it really is a stunning looking machine. I really do have to try and get a motor on mine, but the motor system for the American 'Pathex' version of the 'Baby', (the motor is spring loaded against the shutter wheel), is a kluge compared with the sensible and elegant belt driven European set up shown on Craig's picture.
-------------------- The best of all worlds- 8mm, super 8mm, 9.5mm, and HD Digital Projection, Elmo GS1200 f1.0 2-blade Eumig S938 Stereo f1.0 Ektar Panasonic PT-AE4000U digital pj
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Paul Adsett
Film God
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From: USA
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posted July 06, 2007 01:57 PM
Hi Martyn, I apologize for not acknowledging your web site as the source of the Gem photo. For anyone who does not know of Martyn's excellent web site, it is a MUST for all things 9.5mm, 17.5mm, and 28mm. I usually check in at least once a week, because Martyn is continuously updating his pages, and keeps what amounts to a running diary of his cine activities.
http://www.cinerdistan.co.uk/index.htm
-------------------- The best of all worlds- 8mm, super 8mm, 9.5mm, and HD Digital Projection, Elmo GS1200 f1.0 2-blade Eumig S938 Stereo f1.0 Ektar Panasonic PT-AE4000U digital pj
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