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David Hardy
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From: Johnshaven Village , Montrose, Scotland
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posted December 13, 2016 09:43 AM

This has probably been asked before but when did you start
film collecting ?

I started around 1965 / 1966.
I funded this expensive hobby from the earnings of my three
newspaper delivery rounds. Happy days indeed. [Smile]

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Osi Osgood
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posted December 13, 2016 11:28 AM

Originally, 1989, (officially, though i had a few of my fathers ole film lying about) ...

Left it in the early 90's for laserdisc, (don't laugh folks, it still hurts ... my stupidity)

.... then came back in 2002, and have kept with it and will continue to until I'm dead! [Smile]

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Chip Gelmini
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posted December 13, 2016 11:37 AM

1963 First toy projector after showing more interest in the movie projector than the home movies of us kids growing up.

1968 First real Bell and Howel 8mm projector

1971 First real Bell and Howell dual 8 projector

1977 first super 8 sound projector

1980 first Elmo super 8 sound projector st1200 d

1981 first super 8 feature Grease / Marketing Films

1999 first elmo st 1200 hd

2000 First super 8 cinemascope feature Superman a JEF films "answer" print

2014 First Elmo gs 1200

any questions? lol

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Evan Samaras
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posted December 13, 2016 12:05 PM

While I have been involved in film photography for some time, I only found my way into cinematic projection in 2015, if only I knew earlier, I could have been even more broke!

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Joseph Randall
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posted December 13, 2016 12:10 PM

1974

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Joe Caruso
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posted December 13, 2016 01:28 PM

1962, this also coincided with my Aurora days and golden age DC/Marvel comics, it really evolved from those halycon days in Long Branch NJ - Shorty

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Steve Klare
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posted December 13, 2016 01:57 PM

1979, when I was 17 years old, but I developed a hankering for it at least 10 years earlier.

I remember the wire racks in the department stores with the Castle prints and I was fascinated by the idea.

-the problem was my family was strictly prints 'n slides and I couldn't interest 'em in converting!

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David Hardy
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posted December 13, 2016 02:43 PM

Osi ... Don't beat yourself up over Laserdiscs.
I still watch the bloomin things. [Wink]

Chip ... Thanks for your potted projector history. [Wink]

Evan ... Yes you will be heading for bankruptcy if you go on. [Wink]

Joseph ... I was 20 years old in 1974. [Wink]

Joe ... I too collected Aurora Kits and DC / Marvel comics. [Wink]

Steve ... In 1979 I was married with a child to support so not
too much spare cash for films. I miss those wire racks with Castle / Walton / Columbia 200 footers in them. [Wink]

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Joe Vannicola
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posted December 13, 2016 10:33 PM

I started in 1967 when I got a super 8 projector for Christmas. Then in 1977, I bought a 16mm Bell & Howell 285 projector at a sidewalk sale(I'll tell you the entire story soem other time.) for $5.00. The projector worked perfectly and I still have it to this day. It was shortly after that I sold my super 8 projector and films.

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Graham Ritchie
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posted December 14, 2016 02:03 AM

Mid 1970s

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Robert Tucker
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posted December 14, 2016 02:32 AM

Joe,

Progression is key in this hobby. I have had a similar journey like yourself. Started of in Super 8, moved to 16mm. And then moved into 35mm I suppose at the right time. When top draw movies where easy to find along with the price.

I always thought that Super 8 was limited on titles you could find along with the quality. Being a semi professional kids toy format. Compared to 16mm or 35mm big boys formats.

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Douglas Warren
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posted December 14, 2016 02:52 AM

My first era of collecting began (briefly) at age 16 in 1978. I purchased a Bell & Howell Lumina Dual 8 projector, along with two Universal 8 (Castle) Films: Frankenstein and House of Frankenstein. Typical teenager, I sold the projector the following year and donated my small batch of films to the local library. My first serious collecting period began in 1986 with the purchase of my first sound projector ( Eumig Mark S-712). I collected heavily until 1990 but stopped with my first marriage. Sold (regrettably) my entire film collection in 1995 and only returned to the hobby in earnest two years ago. Now many films later (including 8 / Super-8 / 16 mm) I believe I'm here to stay this time around in this wonderful hobby.

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Andrew Woodcock
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posted December 14, 2016 03:24 AM

I too, hold progression as "The Key" to my remaining longstanding interest in this hobby.

Casdon Std8 Silent, Cinerex 707 Dual Guage Silent 400ft capacity, Agfa Sonnector LS, Several Eumig mono S8 projectors, Plenty of ST 1200's, 1x Eumig S938, 2x Bauer T610, 2x Beaulieu 708 el CD's.

Now that really is progress!

While I agree, many titles are absent from the Super 8mm back catalogue of feature film releases, some are almost unique to the gauge in the present day condition you can still find them in,and from the source material they were struck from.

Plenty to go at and not one non pornographic commercially run print...in theory at least, and still plenty to go at!

Still a preferred gauge to collect in, for many film buffs.

Super 8mm & HD digital projection for everything else.

A winning practical combination I find, for all home cinema entertainment requirements and purposes.

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Brian Fretwell
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posted December 14, 2016 03:44 AM

1970 first toy projector and Chaplin short and basic camera. As it scratched prints soon replaced it with a Eumig Mk 501 bought 200ft sound print of a cartoon to show silent as only 50p more. 1973 fully into sound (Eumig Mk 701D).

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Ken Finch
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posted December 14, 2016 08:52 AM

First film "Jog along joyride" 60ft 9.5mm extract from "Mickeys Taxicab" in 1947 with newly purchased Pathescope ACE projector. Been collecting on 9.5mm ever since, but now include other gauges and formats to varying degrees. Mainly old films on DVD recently!! Ken Finch [Smile]

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Paul Adsett
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posted December 14, 2016 10:07 AM

1952 Bing hand cranked 35mm projector for small reels of film

1954 Pathescope ACE 9,5mm projector. First film was 60ft Northwest Justice

1956 Eumig P8

1958 Eumig Phonomat attachment for tape sync

1973 Eumig S802 First sound film was the Little Rascals Hook and Ladder

1991 Eumig S926 GL STEREO

2002 Elmo GS1200 version 1

2003 Elmo GS1200 version 2

2005 Panasonic PT AE700 Digital projector

2008 Eumig 938 Stereo

2012 Panasonic PT-AE4000 Digital projector

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Andrew Woodcock
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posted December 14, 2016 10:10 AM

The best of both worlds once again Paul! [Wink]

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Bryan Chernick
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posted December 14, 2016 11:33 AM

March, 2010 and I hold this forum 100% responsible for any films that I have collected. I first shot Regular 8mm film in the 1970's but didn't stick with it very long. I got back into shooting 8mm film in 2010 at which time I joined this forum for help with projector questions. That's when I started buying a few films. I don't have a very big collection of commercial prints, but I do have a lot of home movies. I started buying film reels at estate sales and such to put my own films on them. Some of them had other peoples home movies and I just didn't have the heart to trash the film. I started watching them and got interested. I collect home movies with subject matter that interests me. My largest collection is home movies of the 1962 Seattle Worlds Fair. I live near Seattle and have spent much of my life going to the old fair grounds which are still used for various events and attractions.

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Osi Osgood
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posted December 14, 2016 11:39 AM

Hey, but David, I sold my whole collection off in the early 90's to move into laserdisc! Now? They just gather dust while my films get lots of play!

... and there are some super 8 features that I had back then, that I have not, to this day, been able to relocate in my collection since i have been back into it.

[Frown]

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William Olson
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posted December 14, 2016 01:37 PM

Started in 1970 thanks to Blackhawk Films.

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Jim Schrader
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posted December 14, 2016 02:42 PM

I started my hobby in films when I was young around 13 yrs old I was looking through a Johnson smith catalog (which sells gag gifts, and still sells today, though the films are long gone) and saw 8mm movies offered not knowing which was which (super 8, regular 8) I ordered up Frankenstein in super 8 silent, then ordered up a small plastic hand crank 8mm projector the projector came with 2 small 25' movies which I still have today, the projector is long gone and only handled 50' films "The Little Rascals" in "Wind Storm" and Popeye in "Skeleton Schooner" they are pretty ragged with allot of splices as I experimented with different methods of splicing using super glue it really works well, then for my 14th birthday my dad got me an Argus Dual 8 model 849 it showed both formats 8mm and super 8, and finally was able to watch my Frankenstein film.

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Terry Sills
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posted December 14, 2016 03:24 PM

First interest in early 50's when as a child I found a Pathe 200 B in the attic together with some 9.5 silent film which I played over and over. Also I remember a service called Mobile Movies from Northamptonshire that gave film shows at the local village hall.It was 16mm sound film and I was absolutely fascinated by the experience and I caught the bug from there.In my teens I bought a Danson 540 16mm sound projector (an awful British made machine) and hired films from a Department store in Northampton (a half hour bus journey from my village) to put on shows for the family at Christmas. Wonderful times. Work, marriage and family took priority for many years after that but I later started collecting film and equipment in the 80's to present day.The fascination remains.

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Clinton Hunt
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posted December 14, 2016 04:28 PM

2010 for me with a Eumig P8 I got given for Christmas.As you know it is a Standard 8mm projector.
A mate gave it to me because I had a Planet Of The Apes Super 8mm film for years that I'd never seen.
Yes you guessed it - Super won't play on Standard which I didn't know being a newbie.
So that's where it started,bought Standard 8mm films for the Eumig and a Super 8mm film projector for the Apes film .... and the rest is history!

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David Hardy
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posted December 15, 2016 05:56 AM

Some great replies here guys ... keep 'em coming. [Smile]

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David Guest
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posted December 15, 2016 06:05 AM

I got my first projector in 1968 and I still have it a danson 540 mint cond 12 months later a bell and howell 601 which I also still have in mint cond .I also have my dads first projector black debrie which is in stunning cond bought new by my father .my first feature I bought was £18.00 called timberland terror .I also have that as well .my father had been collecting films and projectors from 1940s right up to 2009 until he passed away

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