Hi everyone
I've recently picked up a very nice example of an ELMO 16-AA 16MM Sound Projector. I've been experiencing some flexing of film when it's travelling through the gate and this results in the picture blurring toward the edges of the frame. I've noticed this mostly with only one reel of a 3 part film I have and this reel isn't original to the set either (different stocks and manufacture dates but the offending reel is very old 3M stock).
I've done a fair bit to try and correct this including giving the film gate springs a slight stretch to increase pressure, as well as a good clean throughout of course. I've also tried other films and almost all are otherwise okay with exception of a few other old prints although they are nowhere near as bad as the main offender.
I've so far just put it down to the projectors design and the fact that even the oldest 16mm films back when the 16-AA was released weren't as old as many are today. I've tried the worst offending film on my older 1950s Ampro projector and it plays fine with no flexing although the film gates are quite different in design and the Ampro won't allow for much flex whereas the ELMO by design will.
What are others thoughts on this? Is this to be expected of projectors such as the 16-AA when running old film stock?
I've recently picked up a very nice example of an ELMO 16-AA 16MM Sound Projector. I've been experiencing some flexing of film when it's travelling through the gate and this results in the picture blurring toward the edges of the frame. I've noticed this mostly with only one reel of a 3 part film I have and this reel isn't original to the set either (different stocks and manufacture dates but the offending reel is very old 3M stock).
I've done a fair bit to try and correct this including giving the film gate springs a slight stretch to increase pressure, as well as a good clean throughout of course. I've also tried other films and almost all are otherwise okay with exception of a few other old prints although they are nowhere near as bad as the main offender.
I've so far just put it down to the projectors design and the fact that even the oldest 16mm films back when the 16-AA was released weren't as old as many are today. I've tried the worst offending film on my older 1950s Ampro projector and it plays fine with no flexing although the film gates are quite different in design and the Ampro won't allow for much flex whereas the ELMO by design will.
What are others thoughts on this? Is this to be expected of projectors such as the 16-AA when running old film stock?
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