8mm Film Projectors - Review 

You are welcome and thank you for watching!

great!

Thank you very much!!!

Thank you for watching. Self threading machines are tricky!

@@TheMediaNerdMT Yes they tend to chew the film up. Sometimes you can't remove the film from the machine with out breaking it. If it is a magnetic sound film they are very tricky to splice. You can't cover the stripe with tape

I do remember the days my father would pull out the slide projector and screen to view photos. He never shot on 8mm film. It was a wonderful experience. Unfortunately, the projectors being sold on eBay, thrift stores and garage sales are not refurbished. They are sold as is and for some reason, people just think they will work just fine and then the family film gets destroyed. It's sad and I have heard of this from time and time again over the past 20+ years.

In the late 70s early 80s, I was the kid that always volunteered to run the projector in elementary school. I loved loading the film. I think my career choice was planned way back then!!!

@@TheMediaNerdMT Me too !!! I just turned 60 years old and I have a massive amount of movie projectors and films !! 16mm sound and silent, super 8mm sound and silent and standard 8mm sound and silent

That's cool. I have a few 8mm projectors along with a ton of old video cameras (8mm and vhs). When people bring me there media to transfer, they sometimes give me there old cameras instead of throwing them away. I really don't have any idea what to do with the stuff, I just put it all in storage. I am not a packrat but I hate to throw that stuff away for some reason. Good talking with you!

That is awesome!

When I first started film transfers, I would use a camera and point it at the screen. It works pretty good but you need a speed control on the film projector so you don't get a flicker on the camera you are using. You also need to setup the camera properly for frame rate. Check out my 16mm transfer video. The pro model of the Wolverine and the Kodak reels does handle the 400 ft reels. It is really best to use one of those. It does take a long time but worth it. If you don't want to spend the time hit me up, I will help you out. Please make sure to hit that subscribe button!

If you want to transfer the film yourself you can use de the Kodak reels. I find this the best machine out of all of the consumer/proconsumer machines. I have a video that you can check out with a link to Amazon if you want to purchase it. If you want a really clean transfer here is a RU-vid channel that can help you. youtube.com/@Filmboy24?si=9ip5G9qjWvMUwE6m

That’s fun!

The big one that I showed in the video that I said was heavy is a really good one to get for super 8 with sound. As far as maintenance, spare parts... Good luck, all of these machines are very old and have been refurbished. Bulbs can be hard to find. I purchased a lot of my 8mm projectors from this person in Texas. 8mm16mmfilms.com/ If you want to convert 8mm and super 8mm film with no sound, then get the Kodak Reels 8mm film digitizer over the Wolverine. Both models are nice but I have started using the Kodak and prefer it over the Wolverine. Thanks for watching and subscribing. Let me know if I can be of any more help.

Exactly. Only a couple of drops of pec cleaner is all it takes to get the dust off and to make it run smoothly.

Correct

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Thanks for your comment. However, a section can not be just "removed" from a video once on You Tube. I base my opinion on all of the stories I have heard over the past 20 plus years of people purchasing/accepting/finding projectors and damaging film because the projector is bad. Most projectors purchased don't come with manuals and most manuals are hard to find. Most sellers don't know a thing about that they are selling and just say that it is working in the description. People also don't have a "junk" reel to try things out. They just put in there family film. What you are saying is a good way to do things but it doesn't happen that way unfortunately.

Sorry to hear

@@TheMediaNerdMT I just got back into the projector game. Been a while. I've purchased a chinnon iq4000gl. It's been a long while, and I can't find any forums like used to exist in the past. If I may ask, what is the actual difference between the chinon iq4000 and just the 4000? I have lots of old stock, I was collecting post 2000 when I was in my early teens twenties, and I've forgotten alot. It's bugging me a little.

Thanks again, youve found a fan

@curiositycloset2359 I am sorry. I have know idea what the difference is between the two

Awesome!!!!

Tiene cierto realismo

Thanks for the comment

Good question

I don't think my viewers are stupid at all. This video is meant to be on the silly side. Sorry if I offended you in some way.

@@TheMediaNerdMT So it is silly. That you for the verification. My fear is that someone will throw away an increasingly valuable, or priceless machine in the confusion and Elmo made several variants of that one, including for optical Super 8 from overseas. Probably should have added a :0) to my comment. Thank you.

Yeah, that would stink if someone threw it away without doing research first. Good video idea for me! Thank you for watching and commenting. Please help support the channel by subscribing, I would greatly appreciate it.

@@TheMediaNerdMT Subscribed! :0)

I had the same feeling: "Is this meant as comedy"? Primarily because I cannot use projector #1, then not #2, not even #3 or #4. So what can I actually use? I my experience (though I am not an 8mm enthusiast but have a few projectors and a box of film) the only projectors to avoid are those without sprockets that relies solely on the claw mechanism to pull the film through. They tend to be quite tough on the film and they often have problems keeping a steady picture.

If you want to use them, then learn how before putting your old film in them. However, I am and always will be against using these machines since you can now transfer your film using digitizers like Kodak Reels. If you end up destroying your film using a projector, then they will never be able to get transferred and that would stink.

Most people don’t do that and finding a person to service a project is rare.

Me alegra que este vídeo te haya ayudado.

Really? Misleading? I gave a review which is my opinion of a product. which is in the title. I stated not to use a 8mm projects ang gave four reasons that is in the thumbnail of the title and in the video.

My channel is for legacy purposes to teach people how to transfer media. The videos I make are totally unselfish. Obviously, you have not watched any of my other videos to understand that what I do is to help people. Media transfer companies are not going to be around forever and the people that subscribe to my channel appreciate what I teach them so they can do it themselves. I think that you may need to think about your comment, it is nothing but hateful, thoughtless and misguided.

This type of comment is not appreciated on this channel. Go somewhere else