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John Richard Almond
Expert Film Handler

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From: England
Registered: Feb 2012

posted October 17, 2014 06:32 PM

Is there a way of measuring how many feet of film mechanically ?
Im asking on behalf of a friend. do the counters on projectors measure in feet?

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Janice Glesser
Film Goddess

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From: Sunnyvale, CA USA
Registered: Sep 2011

posted October 17, 2014 06:40 PM

The counters measure frames.

Here's a chart to determine how many feet.
http://www.paulivester.com/films/runtimes.htm

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Janice

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Richard Dreyfuss - Let It Ride (1989).

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John Richard Almond
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 103
From: England
Registered: Feb 2012

posted October 17, 2014 07:21 PM

Thanks Janice.

[Big Grin]

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Pasquale DAlessio
Film God

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

posted October 17, 2014 09:32 PM

Janice

I have a crush on you!

I want to see your projectors.

Run my fingers through your film.

Unwind your screen.

Do a splice or two with you.

And most of all.....check your film speed!

Sorry, I just couldn't hold back any more. [Eek!]

Pat D

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Janice Glesser
Film Goddess

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From: Sunnyvale, CA USA
Registered: Sep 2011

posted October 17, 2014 09:40 PM

Oh my Igor!...I'm blushing [Roll Eyes]

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Janice

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Richard Dreyfuss - Let It Ride (1989).

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Paul Adsett
Film God

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From: USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted October 17, 2014 10:59 PM

Pat, we all have a crush on Janice! [Smile]

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Maurice Leakey
Film God

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From: Bristol. United Kingdom
Registered: Oct 2007

posted October 18, 2014 02:20 AM

Most spools will have a printed gauge which you can align with the film, usually feet and metres are shown.

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Kevin Hassall
Master Film Handler

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From: Walsall, England
Registered: Dec 2010

posted October 18, 2014 04:57 AM

ha ha pat you make laugh that was funny

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Paul Mason
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Aldershot, Hampshire, UK
Registered: Nov 2013

posted October 18, 2014 05:55 AM

Projector counters vary. Some Eumig and Bolex counters count 18 frames units ie seconds at 18 frames/sec running speed. An example is the Bolex SM80 and Eumig 800 series. I don't know any amateur projectors that count feet or metres

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Maurizio Di Cintio
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 977
From: Ortona, Italy
Registered: Jan 2004

posted October 19, 2014 03:18 AM

Bauet T 610 has a digital frame counter. Eumig S 940 is the same but can convert the figure to mins e sec at the push of a botton (only for 18 fps, though).

Some Sankyo's film counters show a digit each for frames.

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Paul Mason
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Aldershot, Hampshire, UK
Registered: Nov 2013

posted October 20, 2014 06:40 AM

It seems that the Eumigs with the Sonomatic device (820, 822, 824) count individual frames.

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Mitchell Dvoskin
Expert Film Handler

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From: West Milford, NJ
Registered: Jun 2008

posted October 20, 2014 02:17 PM

Search eBay for "16mm frame counter", there are usually lots of these.

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