Look! It's portable! (for anyone without a hernia)

Post by **MovieStuff** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:45 pm

Like putting a handle on top of a Buick.....

http://cgi.ebay.com/35mm-MOVIE-FILM-ACM ... dZViewItem

Roger

Post by **Angus** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:57 pm

I guess its relatively portable for a 35mm...

But it might well take 2 people to carry it about!

Post by **James E** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 6:32 am

Mitch, weren't you looking for a 35mm sound projector?

Post by **Patrick** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 7:26 am

I see it's an ACME projector. Hopefully not the same brand of products that the coyote used on the roadrunner...

Post by **ekta-clone** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 1:05 pm

Really what's that all about. Is this just a popular word for an a generic product (based on imaginary ACME from cartoons) , or was there really a company called ACME?
I see a lot of old movie equipment called ACME.

Post by **Herb Montes** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 3:49 pm

ekta-clone wrote:Really what's that all about. Is this just a popular word for an a generic product (based on imaginary ACME from cartoons) , or was there really a company called ACME?
I see a lot of old movie equipment called ACME.

Yes, there was an Acme company that made motion picture gear especially the early animation equipment used by the Hollywood animation studios. The most commonly used animation registration system are Acme pegs, second are the Oxberry pegs. Chuck Jones, who made the roadrunner cartoons, more than likely borrowed the name for the fictitious company the coyote bought all his gadgets from.

Post by **Patrick** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 3:56 pm

An English teacher once told me that the definition of the word ACME meant 'perfection.'

Post by **wado1942** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:59 pm

Hey that's nothing. My partner has a 35mm interlock projector that'll let you load 35mm mag stock and 35mm print stock at the same time so you can play sync sound that's not on the print itself. Assembled it's about 1.5 meters tall and I can only imagine how much it weighs. It was designed for screening dailies.

Post by **David M. Leugers** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 2:24 am

Wow! That monster looks like the great grandad of my ex-Navy 16mm JAN. And the JAN is stretching it a little to call IT portable at a good 50lbs! Still, it does look pretty cool, although for showing films you'd be better off finding a good used Super Simplex or other 35mm beast unless you really need to have a "portable". 8)

David M. Leugers

Post by **thebrowniecameraguy** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 8:57 am

Someone explain why the reels are covered?

The new projectors in a certain mega chain have supply and take up on giant rotating flats not reels. No cover.

Even the old above/below reel projectors at the certain unnamed chain didn't have covers?

Dust and grit protection?

jordan

Post by **Angus** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:47 pm

Most serious 35mm projectors I've seen have covers, I have always assumed to make sure the print is kept as pristene as possible because the projector could be used for public shows. Remember those films go back to the distributor, who will expect them to be good enough to send onto the next cinema.

These days, indeed for many years the flat platters have been the medium of choice for cinemas of any size.

Post by **Herb Montes** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 1:55 pm

It's from the days of flammable nitrate film prints. If the film caught fire the projection mechanism and reels are encased so the fire can be contained. Also projection booths had a shutter that dropped over the projection port to keep the fire from spreading to the theater. Platters came in when safety film replaced nitrate stock.

Post by **ccortez** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 8:16 pm

Ricky Leacock's stores about dragging a 35mm mitchell and accessories all over creation makes me feel like a total wimp about what i'm willing to consider "portable". Methinks we have it good...

(Also might explain why he loved Super 8 so much and why he now goes everywhere with a tiny miniDV!)

Post by **Mitch Perkins** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:28 pm

James E wrote:Mitch, weren't you looking for a 35mm sound projector?

Yes, but it must needs have the arms up in the air to integrate with the telecine.

The projector in question is portable in comparison to this -

though I notice the bolts are not tightened to the floor, so who knows...

As for the Buick with a handle on top, I did see a Monte Carlo with casters on the roof up at Sauble Speedway once...apparently the owner had rolled it the previous weekend, and was now prepared for a repeat performance.

Mitch