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Tom Photiou
Film God
Posts: 4837
From: Plymouth U.K
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted August 11, 2016 11:10 AM
Only thing i can say on this in a nutshell is this, low end range projectors will almost certainly cause scratches, Many people do clean there film paths but often do not clean the rollers and this will cause problems, projectors that are not looked after are a huge cause, Most unfortunately now we are at an age where many machines, (good ones and bad ones), no longer have any spares available for them, generally film guides and rollers. Many do not ever get serviced so oils turns gooey and rollers often stop turning so film simply rubs over them and if there is dirt on them that will cause damage. Have to say, those heavy green emulsion scratches are beyond me, i have no idea what state a machine has to be in to cause these BUT, when an old Eumig we had was returned under warranty the shop gave us a newish B&H filmosound projector. I hated this machine especially when i put a brand new 400ft film through it only to do it a second time and this machine put a green scratch all the way through it, i have never touched a B&H ever since,(except 16mm as these are very good). Some people say Elmo 1200HD's cause black lines to the right, and i am sure they do, as for us in 37 years of collecting we have owned 3 of these machines, and out of thousands of hours of viewing with well in excess of 400 films and 150 odd ad reels/trailers our projectors appear to have only put a single light black line to far right on two short films. I do however have an extensive supply of guides, i look after my machines like teeth, i am always cleaning them and inspecting them and at the ages they are now this is a must for everyone. Looking At some of projectors that come up on flea bay i have to say i would not run my films on 90% of them.
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