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The Canon P8 was Canon’s first movie projector, a rare and solidly built device from the mid-20th century. Its design prioritised ease of use, durability, and compactness and despite its simplicity and functionality, its rarity is reflected in high secondhand prices. The P8 laid the foundation for Canon's subsequent projector innovations.
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The reliable and stylish Elmo FP-C dual standard projector from 1966 is still a great choice for film enthusiasts. With its capability to handle both cine film formats, super 8 and standard 8, this projector offers versatility. It even allows you to show the film backwards by simply pressing a button on the motor control and allows safe still frame projection with its heat shield. Check out the Elmo FP-C handbook and specifications for more details.
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The Elmo AP-8 cine projector, made in the early 1960s, is a sophisticated but mysterious 8mm projector. Despite its complex design and advanced features, such as electronic focus control and reverse projection, its full capabilities and functions are unclear. The projector was over-engineered and is rare, with little information on its functions now remaining.
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Bell & Howell was a prominent '50s and '60s home movie equipment maker. Their 625C 8 mm projector, simple and manually operated, is notably durable even after decades, but hindered by the high cost and scarcity of replacement lamps.
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A look at a quite simple and uncomplicated dual format projector from about 1968, the Copal Sekonic 290 D
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The Kodak Kodaslide is a simple table-top viewer of 2 inch slides that makes a simple job of viewing a small number of slides and in this article I give a description, explain how it works, give its advantages and disadvantages and provide some photographs of the unit.
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The Fujicascope SH6 is a super 8 cine projector made by Fuji in the mid 1970s, that features the ability to play a magnetic soundtrack on the film during playback.
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This article takes a look at a stylish and beautiful 8mm film projector from the 1950s, the Noris 8 Synchro Super
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This article is about the Agfa Family 8 home movie system from the early 1980s, which provided a very clever, integrated way to capture family events on super 8 film
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This post is about the Bolex 102 MTC desktop film projector which was made towards the end of the 8mm home movie era.
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This is a short post looking at an 8mm projector which I estimate was made in the late 1950s, the Bell and Koon Synchro Pet.
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This post features probably the most classically vintage looking 8 mm projector in my collection, it's a vintage Bell & Howell 8mm projector model 606 H.
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This post describes a new addition to my worryingly growing 8mm projector collection - the Bolex 18-5 Super 8 movie projector.
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This article looks at the Eumig P8 automatic 8mm cine projector, which was one of the later models in the P8 range that Eumig produced in great quantities in the 1950s and 60s.
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The Chinon Universal 8 cine projector was introduced in 1967 as a machine capable of showing both the standard 8mm home movieand the new Super 8 format film
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This post looks at the Elmo E-80 projector which is a standard 8 model made by Elmo, a very reputable manufacturer, in Japan in the early 1950s.
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This post is the first in a short series which looks at the Specto 500, a standard 8 cine projector which was made in the UK in the early 1950s
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The Chinon C-300 is a budget, fairly basic 8mm projector, capable of showing both standard 8 and super 8 films which was made in about 1976.
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The Eumig company produced many high quality, reliable cine projectors but probably their most famous model was the classic P8m unit.
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