Can you record on 3/4"? I've got some great 16mm B-Westerns....

Sounds good! Maybe we can work up a deal when you get there? Right now, I've got el-cheapo VHS copies of nearly everything I have in 16mm - you know, the $2 stuff that you can get off the shelf at K-mart and such... But I wouldn't mind having some of my originals xnsfred.

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Better Projection Pays!

I had a chance to grab one of those RCA telecine projectors for $250, but passed. Apparently they're difficult to convert for use as conventional projectors and I don't have space for one, anyway. (I have no need for a film-chain in my house.)

Three years ago, I got 1 TP in Nashville from a TV production company when they ripped it out after they stopped doing 16mm work. When I arrived to pick it up, they asked me if I wanted a camera to go with it. Naturally, I said "why not!" and was given a TK-28 camera with the built-in multiplexer, slide projector, and monitor. Somebody brought out a big cardboard box full of papers and small parts and stuck it in the seat of the truck. (When I got home, I found that the box contained the manuals, set-up slides, and 3 spare NEW tubes for the camera!)

The guys at the business helped load the monsters in the truck, and I drove the 300 miles back home.

Here's the bad part:

After spending countless hours and weekends wiring and adjusting the beast, we had a big sync module failure. THEN a bar module died. I forgot to mention that the camera had not been run for almost 2 years before I got it.

THEN we found that we could not get parts from RCA for this thing, and we had access to nothing that we needed for repairs.

I did get to transfer about 30 hours of film before we lost the Chroma modules. After that, I copied a few B/W films, but the video was starting to smear.
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We installed the beast at a friends warehouse so there was plenty of room for it and the projector.
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We made the decision to scrap the thing after almost a year of begging for modules from friends in TV. We got several spares mods, but could never get the smear out of the video image, so we SCRAPPED (Aaraugh! ) the camera/multiplexer/slide projector!

Here's the good part:

I sold the 3 new tubes, set-up slides, time-base corrector, slide unit, mirrors, and manuals on the net for more than it cost me in vehicle wear, gas, and irritation on the trip to Nashville and back to Asheville. Made $$ on the deal!

About 6 months ago, a local station pulled their TP pair, and an RCA stand-alone multiplexer, slide projector, and gave one projector, and the 'plexer, and slide unit to me to haul. These are currently set-up in my garage along with the TP that I got in Nashville.

I hated destroying the camera, but we couldn't do anything else!

The 2 projectors are clean and in good condition. I have tweeked them and they are gentle on film. I've transferred some 60 year old B/W silent home movies on them with no problems. The image is rock steady.

The one that I will get this weekend is older, but is currently running as a stand-alone "viewer." There's a small speaker and amp installed on it, and it works fine. I love free things!

I promise not to continuously corrupt this site with sucky video, NTSC systems, and 16mm.

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I've got a 1961 RCA color TV with the round tube that works. I got it in 1975 as junk and put a new kine in it.

Since we all know that Simplex leaks oil... How much leaking is TOO MUCH?

I have a lot of theatres call me up and say that the projector leaks oil and they all want me to come and fix it. I just tell them that unless it's gushing oil that they shouldn't worry about it . (There WERE a couple that were bad enough to fix, however.)

I tell them to go get some of those "EZ-Foil" cookie sheets and put them on the floor. Everybody always looks at me like I have three heads when I say that.

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Keep the interior of the machine clean, and oil off the film. Oil on film causes visible "oil mottle", sticking of the film during unwinding, holding of dirt particles, and can actually leach the oil-soluble dyes out of the film (usually seen as tiny green spots in dark scenes).

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