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Dave Pedu
Junior
Posts: 3
From: Rochester
Registered: Dec 2010

posted December 18, 2010 09:21 AM

Hey guys. I picked up a Anscovision 280 projector for a buck this summer, and I finally got around to trying it out. I have a "Super 8" film, and the projector doesn't appear to like it... The spikes on the feed wheels don't line up with the holes in the film - they fall too close to where the picture is, instead.

Is there anything I can do? Or am I SOL? Thanks!

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Claus Harding
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1149
From: Washington DC
Registered: Oct 2006

posted December 18, 2010 11:22 AM

Dave, welcome aboard.

The Anscovision is a Standard-8mm projector (the 8mm format used before Super-8 was invented) so you can't run your Super-8 film on it.
Since you got the 280 for $1, no big loss. You either have a display piece, or if you ever come across some S-8 footage you want to see, you can possibly use it.

Best,
Claus.

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"Why are there shots of deserts in a scene that's supposed to take place in Belgium during the winter?" (Review of 'Battle of the Bulge'.)

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Dave Pedu
Junior
Posts: 3
From: Rochester
Registered: Dec 2010

posted December 18, 2010 05:23 PM

Ahhhh pity. Drat, I'll have to look for a Super 8 projector then.

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Pasquale DAlessio
Film God

Posts: 3523
From: Bristol,RI, USA
Registered: May 2010

posted December 18, 2010 08:12 PM

Dave

Welcome to the Forum! Check your email.

PatD

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Dave Pedu
Junior
Posts: 3
From: Rochester
Registered: Dec 2010

posted December 18, 2010 09:01 PM

Thanks for the welcome!

I have, well what I think is, big news. I got the Anscovision this summer, which sparked my interest in 8mm film. I'm a college student, and today I traveled home for Christmas break. I brought the film and projector for my dad to take a look at.

Then he took me to the basement and whipped out a Bolex 150 that had been his fathers. My jaw DROPPED, this thing is beautiful.

I'd love to give it a spin, but, we've got no film. I've seen that kodak still sells blank super8 film, but is it a format that could fit the camera? It looks like it takes a specific cartridge... And either the battery contacts are bad or it needs the AAs and the pill batteries replaced. There's no film, but there doesn't appear to be any signs of life when I pull the trigger.

And on a side note, I think this is funny - the paperwork with the camera has a mailing address of a kodak location in Rochester, NY. I go to school there, and this building is no longer kodak, but a vacant building that my friends have explored....

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Thomas Dafnides
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 247
From: St. Louis, Missouri USA
Registered: Dec 2009

posted December 19, 2010 12:38 PM

Back in the 70's, Eastman Kodak was one of the largest companies in the USA...one of the Dow 30 companies. The last 30 years have seen a steep decline as digital electronics replace chemical based film.
Everyone on this board who still projects film realizes something was lost in the move to the new technology.

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