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Paul Adsett
Film God
Posts: 5003
From: USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted April 17, 2008 08:45 AM
Hi Terry, and welcome to the forum. Eumig's are great projectors, and the Eumig P8 is a fine little silent machine. It was the first 8mm projector I ever owned and, at that time, it was noted for its beautiful compact design and excellent screen 12 volt 100 watt illumination - brighter than mains voltage 300 watt projectors back then. It was a real break-through design, the one that established Eumig as the leader in 8mm projector design. Eumig sold thousands of them across the world -it was like the mini car of the cine world!
It does not have the modern halogen lighting, so even though it has good illumination for its time, brightness is not quite up to modern standards. But a 40 ins silver screen should be fine. It is very kind to films and is a good machine for silent regular 8mm (NOT Super 8mm) film projection at 18fps. It will run at 24 fps but is rather noisy at this speed. The machine was originally produced in the late 1950's, and as with all things, Eumig improved upon it in their later series 700, 800, and 900 silent and sound projectors which all had halogen lighting. I'm not sure if bulbs are still available for this machine. They probably are, but check with the Top Bulb or Don's Bulbs web pages. Here is an ad for the P8 from a 1958 edition of Amateur Cine World:
-------------------- The best of all worlds- 8mm, super 8mm, 9.5mm, and HD Digital Projection, Elmo GS1200 f1.0 2-blade Eumig S938 Stereo f1.0 Ektar Panasonic PT-AE4000U digital pj
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