Filmshooting

Here's an old quote from Roger that explains the blades vs camera fps:

Okay, here is how it works:

A three bladed shutter means that the film is "blinking" three times per frame. NTSC scans at about 60 fields per second. 3 will divide into 60 twenty times, which is why the flicker goes away at ...

Should I contact the seller in the US and ask for the original blade shutter to be sent? Any idea how many blades the Elmo would have had?

Well that Elmo you bought is supposed to come with a 5 blade shutter. If your Eiki wasn't giving you flicker then why did you buy the Elmo?

A very good ...

Hi I am in New Zealand - PAL tv country. I bought a Elmo 16 - CL telecine unit from a US seller just recently (he regularly sells these on Ebay).
Well, the Elmo came equiped with a 5 blade shutter. My 16mm movie film has flickering when running.
I also own an Eiki 16mm projector. The Eiki only has a ...