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Author Topic: Old 16 mm Projector - Could It Work? Mark Hajducki Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 500 From: Edinburgh, UK Registered: May 2003 posted 10-21-2010 06:11 PM                     It has been a few years since I ran 16mm from the UK suppliers (BFI and Filmbank). Unfortunately most of the prints had been through the wars, and appeared sub-VHS in quality. The (optical) sound quality was most noticeable, being noticeable worse than 35mm mono [tested on a couple of projectors]. A lot of 16mm prints are pan and scan.  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 10-22-2010 11:19 AM                        For a theatre to show a pan & scan movie to the public is the same as a restaurant serving a beautiful vanilla pudding with a dog turd stuck in the middle of it.  |  IP: Logged Martin McCaffery Film God Posts: 2481 From: Montgomery, AL Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-22-2010 02:35 PM                        I remember the days at the AFI when some prints were only available in 16mm B&W, even though they had the big Technicolor logo at the front. On the other hand, scope 16mm at that theatre was not a pretty site, either.  |  IP: Logged

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