Brian E Ray Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 Hi, Does anyone know anything about sproketless 16mm projection that would have good registration and be gentle on film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Salzmann Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 What exactly do you mean by sprocketless projection? Do you mean a projector that doesn't use the films perfs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Charles MacDonald Posted July 29, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted July 29, 2007 Hi, Does anyone know anything about sproketless 16mm projection that would have good registration and be gentle on film almost any 16mm projector uses a sproket wheel or two to buffer the weight of the reels from afecting the mechanism. Otherwise the Pull-down claw may have to exert enough presure to turn a full rell, with the danger of ripping out perferations. some have larger diamerter wheels than others. Perhaps though you were thinking of a unit that works more like a moviola or a flatbed editor that has a prism shutter to avoid a pull down claw entirely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain LeTourneau Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 MTM and several other manufactures used to make prism projectors for interlocking (spliced) work print and edited tracks for projection. But these have sprockets next to the prism... just like a flatbed. -Alain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Appelt Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 There were some special telecine projectors using a vacuum pulldown mechanism, but even these had sprockets to transport the film stock continuously. The swiss company of Sondor and MWA used to make 16/35mm prism studio projectors for high speed and sound mixing work. MWA Home BTW, any well-maintained professional 16mm machine will be gentle with your film if you use it correctly. Problems can be expected with the cheaper models of automatic threading portables that sat on the shelf for 20 years and appear on eBay now... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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