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Author Topic: Kabul Residents Swarm Cinema Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 11-22-2001 03:39 PM                     It could've been something small like a Marc 350 arc lamp, but anything that would fit in there would not be enough. What a great shot. Most projectionists I know like to keep their hands inside the machine in the middle of a reel!  |  IP: Logged Richard Fowler Film God Posts: 2392 From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 11-23-2001 08:18 AM                     Looks like the russian copy of the Zeiss TK portable....maybe Mark at GTS should open a branch office upgrading these machines to xenon like they do in Germany ( Mountains and religious issues like Utah - just watch out for the land mines ). This portable has a bulb mounted on the off side of the machine with a light path using a mirror to do a 90 degree turn......... Richard Fowler TVP-Theatre & Video Products Inc. www.tvpmiami.com  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 11-23-2001 08:33 AM                        I imagine that the mirror would absorb quite a bit of light, even starting off with a bulb that isn't massively powerful. It's hard to tell from that low-resolution picture, but the firetrap just left of the takeup spool looks like one from a Meopta C-2 (the full-size 16/35 convertible); didn't know that this was based on a Zeiss design, though.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 11-26-2001 03:03 PM                        Latest estimates are that there are over 100,000 theatre screens capable of showing 35mm film in the world. Nice to see another! A sign in my Kodak Research Lab building lobby says it all: "Photography - The Universal Language". ------------------ John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7525A Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA Tel: 716-477-5325 Cell: 716-781-4036 Fax: 716-722-7243 E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion  |  IP: Logged James R. Hammonds, Jr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 931 From: Houston, TX, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 11-26-2001 07:56 PM                     Have they ordered FILMGUARD yet?  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 11-27-2001 02:58 AM                     Here's a close up shot of these projectors. I've got more and I'll post them as soon as I can scan them.  |  IP: Logged Colin Wiseley Expert Film Handler Posts: 123 From: Blacksburg, VA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 11-28-2001 04:32 PM                     Do you have a threading diagram for the projector? I can't figure out how the film runs through it. ------------------ Colin Wiseley Lyric Theatre Blacksburg, VA www.thelyric.com  |  IP: Logged Richard Fowler Film God Posts: 2392 From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 11-28-2001 04:42 PM                     The Zeiss Jena TK35 or Russian copy has one drive sprocket. The film enters at the top left of the sprocket, goes up a guide channel ( the slightly curve piece above the sprocket ) loops around the lamphouse reflecting mirror / through the gate and sound drum and back to the bottom side of the sprocket........there is also a crank available that fits the sprocket shaft for those cold day start ups or to check threading. Richard Fowler TVP-Theatre and Video Products Inc. www.tvpmiami.com  |  IP: Logged John Walsh Film God Posts: 2490 From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way Registered: Oct 1999 posted 11-28-2001 04:44 PM                     I'm guessing, but is the supply reel on the left, and the take-up reel on top? Seems weird, but that's the only way I can figure it runs. That sprocket must be shared (run film on both sides.) Also, it looks like there's a lens inside, then another lens holder on the outside.  |  IP: Logged Richard Fowler Film God Posts: 2392 From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 11-28-2001 06:21 PM                     Feed reel at top......take up at rear...one drive sprocket. Richard Fowler TVP-Theatre & Video Products Inc. www.tvpmiami.com  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-28-2001 06:28 PM                        I assume that the outside lens holder is for the scope adapter, like on most 16mm projectors. It probably swings out of the way when it's not being used. I'm sure that these projectors would be quite terrible for theatre use when compared with, say, a Simplex or Century, but the idea of a 35mm projector that isn't much bigger than a 16mm classroom machine is really appealing for home or portable use.  |  IP: Logged

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