8mm Forum: Silent Film Jumps & Jitters On A Sound Projector

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Posted by Brad Kimball (Member # 5) on April 06, 2012, 11:28 AM:

How do I correct silent non-striped film from suffering the jumps & jitters on a sound projector? This seems to happen no matter what projector I use. I own 3 Chinons and I get the same problem on all of them.

Posted by Pasquale DAlessio (Member # 2052) on April 06, 2012, 11:36 AM:

Put it pn Prozac! [Big Grin]

Are you running at the slower speed? [Confused]

Posted by Akshay Nanjangud (Member # 2828) on April 06, 2012, 11:51 AM:

I didn't know this phenomenon occurs only in sound projectors. Anyone knows why?

Posted by Brad Kimball (Member # 5) on April 06, 2012, 12:18 PM:

I've tried it on both speeds with all 3 machines and I always get the same result.

Posted by Adrian Winchester (Member # 248) on April 06, 2012, 01:11 PM:

It's an odd problem - I don't think it generally happens with Elmos. Have you tried using something like Filmrenew or Film Guard, as they usually deal with film jitter?

Posted by Dino Everette (Member # 1378) on April 07, 2012, 12:30 AM:

If you have a film-o-clean and use film guard it will never happen again..trust me I have mostly silent films and sound projectors....

Posted by Leon Thomas Jones (Member # 2731) on April 07, 2012, 03:01 AM:

Hi I agree with Dino.Clean your films well and see the different .Good luck
regards
Leon

Posted by Maurizio Di Cintio (Member # 144) on April 08, 2012, 09:35 AM:

"Green film" may do this. I use Derann Liquid Film Cleaner to fix the problem, I've always been satisfied. BTW I tried to buy one last big supply of LFC from Derann before it closed but they never returned my query. I might use other products if I were 100% positive I could get similar results, but I'd like to know if anybody here knows its formula or whether somebody took over manufacturing it. Thanx

Posted by Brad Kimball (Member # 5) on April 08, 2012, 08:21 PM:

I have FilmRenew. I'll try that first.

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