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Hi,
Total newbie here.. I recently inherited some old 8mm films from my parents after they died last year so fancied having a go at viewing them. If I remember correctly one film is of Prague zoo taken in the 1960s and the other of a trip my father made up Mont Blanc to view the crash site of an Air India plane in 1966.
I recently purchased an Eumig P8 automatic on Ebay for around £10 but the first time I fired it up the bulb burnt out. It seems these bulbs, A1/193, are like hens teeth and cost a lot more than the projector! I noticed one company (BLT direct) used to sell a halogen bulb equivalent but these have not been available since 2018. Does anybody know how easy it is be to convert the projector to use a modern halogen bulb. I gather Osram used to sell an adapter but it seems this is no longer available either?
Any advice or suggestions would be welcome.
Thanks
Carl
Total newbie here.. I recently inherited some old 8mm films from my parents after they died last year so fancied having a go at viewing them. If I remember correctly one film is of Prague zoo taken in the 1960s and the other of a trip my father made up Mont Blanc to view the crash site of an Air India plane in 1966.
I recently purchased an Eumig P8 automatic on Ebay for around £10 but the first time I fired it up the bulb burnt out. It seems these bulbs, A1/193, are like hens teeth and cost a lot more than the projector! I noticed one company (BLT direct) used to sell a halogen bulb equivalent but these have not been available since 2018. Does anybody know how easy it is be to convert the projector to use a modern halogen bulb. I gather Osram used to sell an adapter but it seems this is no longer available either?
Any advice or suggestions would be welcome.
Thanks
Carl
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