[Frameworks] pageant arc projectors

[Dominic Angerame]

PS This web site has many useful free manuals for a vast quantity of 16mm
projectors and cameras.  http://www.apecity.com/ highly useful site.

On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 8:38 AM, Dominic Angerame <dominic.angerame at gmail.com
> wrote:

> There is a free operational manual of this Arc Projector at
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxR_SVAX6J1ZV0VqRWFKWjZPRE0/view.
>
> It is for free.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 6:35 AM, Deke Dusinberre <deked at orange.fr> wrote:
>
>> Hi Fred and all,
>>
>> On Mar 1, 2017, at 1:00 PM, FRED CAMPER wrote:
>>
>> Since I've been known as a rather arch defender of film on film, I have
>> to weigh in a bit on David's side here.
>>
>>
>> Since I've been known as a regular defender of Fred's occasionally
>> curmudgeonly opinions, I have to take issue with his latest post.
>> David Tetzlaff made a cogent case for DVD projection in an institutional
>> context after he had tried several 16mm solutions that proved
>> unsatisfactory. His sensible conclusion: "So rather than tear your hair out
>> trying to make it ‘excellent’, my been-there/done-that advice is just do
>> the best you can with the resources you have..."
>> Fred, however, cited a case in which the only problem was the
>> projectionists' inability to thread the film around the sound drum
>> properly. Surely in this case "doing the best with the resources you have"
>> means  better training for the projectionists, both technically (threading
>> the damn thing) and critically (questioning the quality of the sound/image
>> they're projecting).
>> Sure, 16mm is an expensive hassle; sure, 16mm projection is often
>> hit-or-miss; sure, digital video is the often the wiser (or only) option.
>> But hey, don't surrender so easily!
>>
>> Deke "diehard" Dusinberre
>> Paris
>>
>> DekeD at orange.fr
>> Tel: (33-1) 42.54.38.05
>>
>>
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