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  • #46
    I would say that if any collector can't get to the conventions they should get on the mailing lists of our few remaining dealers and also check them on-line.

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    • #47
      The most frustrating things I find about our hobby is trying to keep the projectors working, and finding some now too heavy to lift. Ken Finch.😉

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      • #48
        The frustrating part for me is not with eBay or film prices. As Ken posted, the most exasperating part is when the equipment stops working. Limited repair options and high shipping costs to get the machines to those who can actually fix them can be maddening.

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        • #49
          Yes i agree, I did mention before that it has been said, you can have all of the films in the world, but if there are no decent projectors to run them on then they are worthless. I know we are a long way from that, but as time goes on it will become a problem. Sadly, there are no new engineers to learn the trade as there is so little call for it.
          I haven't seen any the service books I hear about other than online files and these all show specialist tools you need. I'm sure there are many talented people out there who can fix these things but I'm guessing that with so few spares around, even they would struggle.

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          • #50
            Originally posted by Douglas Meltzer View Post
            The frustrating part for me is not with eBay or film prices. As Ken posted, the most exasperating part is when the equipment stops working. Limited repair options and high shipping costs to get the machines to those who can actually fix them can be maddening.
            You just need loads of projectors if Mr Todd lived nearby you would have no issues. Lens, Splicers and editors too.

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            • #51
              I try not to let it become frustrating: I have a full-time job and a house full of aging plumbing for that! (Next Week: The drain in the bathroom sink!)

              I got sniped on a print I'd wanted for years about two weeks ago. The thing is whoever wanted it was willing to pay a price (-and did) I would have regretted paying (-a little) if I'd managed to just barely exceed their snipe, so I hope he/she or they enjoy(s) it heartily! (Obviously they wanted it more than I did!)

              I like the simpler machines: they can't light up the side of a building, but on my big-enough screen in our living room, they do the job. The payoff is they are usually reliable and fixable even when they go astray, even though I fully admit I'm sacrificing capability to get this.

              I'm afraid I'm just not cut out to drive a Mercedes: too much to go wrong!

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              • #52
                I do think that folk do have to at least attempt to fix things themselves, out here in NZ you are very much on your own with projectors . Considering there age its amazing they have really lasted this long. Getting a hard copy of the service manual is a must. I do think though, that most film projectors can be kept going somehow. The inside parts of say a GS1200 might not land up being original, but in most cases its possible to come up with some sort of fix to keep them going, well hopefully I will add that Ken says about the weight I totally agree, I moved a GS1200 the other day and thought is it me or is this projector getting heavier

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                • #53
                  Graham-The older you get the heavier things get.

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                  • #54
                    Larry is absolutely right. I'm getting older and I'm getting heavier......

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                    • #55
                      In my 20's back in the 90's, when I started Buying Derann Films on Super 8 it was to enjoy the Full High Definition Experience. I could only afford Trailers ($30 Aust), the Features were very Expensive up to ($700 - 1,000+). So I resorted to watching a Full Length Feature on Beta/VHS, because that's all I could afford ($25) at a low Resolution 240 Lines, Half Standard Definition.
                      Back then in the 90's I new Video would be in Full HD in the Future, because Japan was using Full HD at Expo 88 in Brisbane, Queensland, And I saw a flat screen TV FHD on the Wall, in the Back to the Future II movie of 1990.
                      Back then I thought when I am Middle aged, Video will catch up to Super 8 Film Quality, and all these films that Derann customers paid big money for, will be worthless maybe $50 - 100.
                      Funny how that did not quite happen, Yes Video did catch up to Super 8 Film Quality, with FHD & UHD Bluray. But 2nd Hand Beta/VHS tapes today are lucky to be worth $1 each, and DVD movies not much more, at Fairs, Markets and Swapmeets.
                      So Super 8 especially the Features people want, are more than what they were in the 90's.
                      How ironic I didn't Expect that to happen.

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                      • #56
                        Larry and Doug

                        True, today I down at the Ferrymead Heritage park on my own, working with a hand saw, drill etc etc on the film projector screen area, after about only 6hrs, going up and down ladders I was exhausted. Clint Eastwood once said.. "Man Has To Know his Limitations".... was coming across my mind in the later part of the day, how true, and today I found mine. As the park was closing, my thoughts were, if I don't get out of here I might become an exhibit, it was a struggle. When I got home, I told Yvonne that years ago I used to work all hours inside wings and so on, and not think anything of it, today it was really simple stuff to do, but the old get up and go I once had, has I think, simply got up and gone.

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                        • #57
                          Yes back in the 90's in my 20's I thought in the Future, when I am Middle Aged I was going to pickup all these Bargins.
                          Now were here to my frustration and Shock, Super 8 Film thanks to ebay has kept the prices on the rise.
                          Great News for Sellers, not so for Buyers & Collectors.
                          Recent prices like "Star Wars" fetching over $4,150 Aust, and "Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade" receiving over $2,320 Aust, even a 400' reel going from $200 - $400 like "Raiders of the Lost ark".

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