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John Clancy
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1954
From: Cornwall
Registered: Jun 2003

posted November 17, 2003 02:49 AM

Well, I must say, as much as I was extremely p*ssed off Steve Sigel came onto this thread and (in so many words) asked "why are you people on this forum perservering with Super 8 when video projection is better?" it certainly started a discussion, so thanks for that Steve. Hopefully now you understand why some of us are into Super 8. You've probably now realized getting rid of your projector was a bit mistake so I suggest to help Steve out we all keep a look out for a nice Elmo GS-1200 Xenon for him so he can undo this mistake.

Can't wait until you get back into the world of Super 8 Steve.

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Tony Milman
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1336
From: United Kingdom
Registered: Jun 2003

posted November 17, 2003 06:31 AM

JC, it is great to see everyone getting so passionate about the old s8. Unlike many of you I came to this hobby a year back by accident.

What Steven says is true of course and it defies logic to collect s8 or 16mm or anything else.

Oh what the heck, it is quite good fun and I have met some nice people.

Tony

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Steven Sigel
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 701
From: Massachusetts
Registered: Jun 2003

posted November 17, 2003 08:56 AM

To John -- That's not what I said -- I simply said that I thought super 8 was being seriously impacted by DVD/DLP projection. This is a fact (ask any film dealer), and I wonder why people here seem to not want to hear about it -- It seems like I've been told in not so many words to "shut up and go away". Isn't this forum for discussion of super 8?

Sorry John, I'm not planning to buy another GS ... But I have an ST-1200 and a Sankyo 800 which I plan to hang onto in case I run across any super 8 prints that I want to screen....

Tony -- I don't think it defies logic to collect films -- it all depends on why you collect them. I collect 16mm film as my main collection - because I like film, but got into super 8 to be able to see things projected on a big screen that I couldn't get on 16mm -- so the super 8 for me was just a stop-gap to begin with. I'm planning to keep on collecting 16mm for a long time (although even here, I've been getting rid of my inferior prints) - just like I keep colleting 78 RPM records and Edison Cylinders.

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