From: 40 Frames Directory (email suppressed)
Date: Wed Feb 02 2005 - 10:01:48 PST
> "Projectors? ... I think they are ... eating monsters."
>
> The best, for me, was the RCA which has / had three (was it) loop trips,
> one
> before, one after the gate and (possibly) a third near the sound drum, so
> that the machine would stop in a trice if any section of film departed
> from
> threaded pathway normality. Stopped being produced in the late '60's in
> the West, resurrected under a new name and a coat of grey paint, in India
> at
> some point thereafter, for a spell.
> I wonder why a geneva movement clone for 16mm was never developed. The
> claw, after all, was / is a violent weapon.
>
> David
The RCA 400 is a very nice machine indeed despite its use of the older
incandescent bulbs. At 750-1200W the machine gets pretty dang hot. I know
a guy here in Portland who loves fixing old Ampro and RCA machines and
does a really good job. These machines make the more modern plastic,
module slot loaders look disgraceful.
Alain LeTourneau
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