Phil's Vintage 8mm,
Super-8 and 16mm Films and Movie Projectors
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MOVIE PROJECTORS
These pages updated October 20, 2023
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Please Note: I Do Not Take In Repair Jobs. I Only Service The Projectors I Refurbish And Sell Myself.
See descriptions and additional links to these pages below.
Some Dual 8mm projectors, that can run both 8mm and super-8 / single-8 film, can sacrifice performance and film safety. For this reason I have never cared for most of them and will usually not have any for sale here unless they are models I am able to refurbish to running good and safely with the film. My only exception will be some of the Elmo silent and Eumig sound or early silent models because they require separate sets of sprockets and film gates for each format.
Here is the difference between 8mm and super-8 film.
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About the confusion caused by "Single-8" and "reel adapters":
8mm film started being called standard or
regular 8mm after Super-8 film was introduced in 1965. Single-8 is Fuji's name for their
Super-8 film that was mylar based and in a different style cartridge from Super-8 for
camera use. That is why they had to give it a different name. All Super-8 projectors will
run Single-8 film. Super-8 and single-8 are both the same film format. A projector labeled
Super/Single 8mm will not run the older 8mm film format.
Reel adapters you have heard
about are for allowing super-8 reels, with super-8 or 8mm film on them, to be put on a
1/4" 8mm spindle on a dual-8 model projector that is designed to run both film
formats; NOT to be used on just any 8mm projector so you can try to run super-8 film on
it. You cannot run super-8 film on a regular 8mm projector, regardless of which kind of
reel it is on.
I have dual-8 projector spindle adapters listed on my MOVIE SUPPLIES page.
Items are removed and added
to these pages regularly, so please check back often and be sure to refresh/reload the
page so you get the latest updates!
Thank you for looking!
MOVIE PROJECTOR INSTRUCTION & SERVICE BOOKS
ORIGINAL INSTRUCTION, PARTS & SERVICE BOOKS
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I do not take in repair jobs. I just service the projectors I refurbish and sell myself. Click the links or images below to go to the listings. |
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Tips For Trouble Free
Film Projection Go to FILM-TECH to buy FilmGuard to clean, lubricate and protect your film prints. Apply the cleaner with a 100% cotton cloth like an old T-shirt, and then wipe off the dirt and polish off the cleaner using a dry cloth. (You can use GooGone as a substitute film cleaner, but it does not add any lubrication). With FilmGuard you don't have to completely have the cleaner dried off, but after the film cleaner has completely evaporated, it would also be a good idea to polish and lubricate the film with a silicone treated cloth. Dirt can build up on the guide rails that can also cause this problem. You must always keep the film gate and pressure pad of your projector clean and polished. I clean my film gates often. I moisten a Q-tip with FilmGuard or alcohol to scrub off any hard dirt on the rails. It's always a good idea to add extra leader to the beginning of each reel also. That protects the film during threading and allows you to use a permanent marker to label it. |
8mm Projectors
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