8mm Forum: Eumig P8 Novo Buyers Warning

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Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on October 22, 2016, 05:32 AM:

The last Eumig P8 were the standard 8 models "Automatic Novo" and the "Phonomatic Novo". Each had automatic threading and featured a chute which fed film to the take-up spool.

In order that the chute could drop down into the spool and onto the film Eumig dispensed with the familiar metal "spidery" spool and replaced it with an all plastic spool.

The spool was made specially for these two models. Whilst it had the same size central area (to fit on the rear spindle) the two flanges had an opening wider than conventional spools. This was to allow the threading arm as it was called, to drop onto the film. The spool was probably about 10-11mm internally wide to accommodate the arm.

Now, a word of warning to potential purchasers.

Make sure your new acquisition comes with the correct spool as no others will work with the auto-threader. You can, of course, remove the auto-threading assembly entirely and use any spool, or as a last resort, just remove the threading arm.

Click to see a photo clearly showing the threading arm.

http://www.marriottworld.com/pieces/pieces25_e.htm

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on October 22, 2016, 11:41 AM:

Good info there, Maurice, and i always LOVE seeing those wonderful ole Eumig P8's, in orginal state or the "advanced" models.

Posted by Paul Adsett (Member # 25) on October 22, 2016, 12:13 PM:

The P8 was (is) a great little projector that was actually quite revolutionary when it came on the market. It had low voltage 100w lighting which was as bright as the 500w mains voltage lamps on other projectors of the day. It had true optical framing and a very modern and attractive design. It was my first ever 8mm projector back in 1959 and I was thrilled with it, and its companion camera the Eumig electric C8. I later purchased the Phonomat attachment for tape-sync sound and it worked amazingly well.
The P8 was the projector that made Eumig famous around the world, and they never looked back, always producing high quality ground breaking cine equipment until their demise with the advent of video, and the Polaroid debacle.

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