8mm Forum: Keeping the knowledge

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Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on July 31, 2015, 02:54 PM:

Some people are very amazing. I was talking on the phone with a French ninefiver and I put in the discusssion that I had a small issue with a projector. I can hardly explain this technical point with my limited English but to give you an idea : I have a three gauges sound projector (Heurtier Superson) -so far without the sound base- and the picture had a kind of unsteadiness (the perforations were not jumping, only a part of the picture and not strongly). Our magician told me, after I described (in French but still not easily on the phone to tell what you see on the screen escpecially when it is a small problem) that it was because the shutter was set on the 8 mm position. He told me how to change the position and it did work. I has also a trouble with the arms and he could immediately tell me what it was (so I solved the two only troubles I had with htis projector). Going further on the conversation he also told me how to set easily my Buckingham at 16 fps if needed. People like that are valuable. Like several members of this forum. Maybe be should keep written records of all the tips and advise we receive so that they will not be lost after us.

Posted by Andrew Woodcock (Member # 3260) on July 31, 2015, 02:59 PM:

Experience gained through ownership of any machine is invaluable to anyone new to them.

Many years of using any of them,teaches us all many lessons, especially if in frequent use!

Posted by Clinton Hunt (Member # 2072) on July 31, 2015, 11:47 PM:

I agree,when I got my first Standard 8mm projector for Christmas 6 years ago I didn't know anything about them or what to look for if it didn't work!
I tried to play a Super 8mm film on it and didn't work and I was puzzled!
But years later I like to think I have a good learnt knowledge of what to do or look for if I have trouble with any of my projectors / films or film guages 8mm , super 8mm , 16mm and 9.5mm.

Only the Super 8mm sound projectors are beyond me with the electronic boards etc!
Many of my problems were solved by asking here in the forum
That's the great thing about this worldwide forum - help from anywhere is here and from film buffs [Smile]

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