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Author Topic: Hortzon 16mm .. left hand thread Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 01-28-2010 03:30 AM                     Just some picts for the curious: A Hortzon 16mm "Left hand Thread" mounted on a motorized pedestal that can use 25inch reels and has a Kniesley "Pup" 1kw xenon lamphouse behind it... with the swing out anamorphic attachment. If left hand, where is the "right hand" partner..(if there was a right hand unit made)? (sorry on the pict definiton - cel phone camera quality) -Monte  |  IP: Logged Paul Gordon Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 580 From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Registered: Aug 2005 posted 01-28-2010 07:09 AM                        They made them leftside thread so they can sit next to a 35mm in a small booth. Kinton/Phillips also made a leftside thread.  |  IP: Logged Robert Throop Master Film Handler Posts: 412 From: Vernon, NY USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-28-2010 09:49 AM                     Also the soundtrack is on the outside of the sound drum. They don't need a mirror to rfelect it to the cell. Bob  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 01-28-2010 11:56 AM                     Monte, thanks for the pics. Hortsons are great machines and seem to be pretty bulletproof.  |  IP: Logged Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 01-28-2010 12:32 PM                        The only place I ever ran into a Hortson was in a Seattle porno theatre, back when I was "paying my dues"... Yep, back in the '70s even the pornos had union operators in the booth. The projectors were outstanding performers, but I got a substantial reality check, having to thread those things backwards. For most, it's probably like learning to write with the other hand!  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-28-2010 01:00 PM                        I actually like these machines. With a good lens, the picture quality can be very good. The one that I am most familiar with uses a xetron lamphouse. Sound quality can also be quite good (for 16mm). The takeup also spins "backwards" (emulsion out) on these. Interestingly, most motion-picture cameras thread from the left-hand side. I've never understood why projectors and cameras thread from opposite sides.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 01-29-2010 09:31 PM                     quote: Scott Norwood I've never understood why projectors and cameras thread from opposite sides. Aren't they the same thing?  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-29-2010 09:34 PM                     Because you have to turn the crank with your right hand.  |  IP: Logged Ron Keillor Expert Film Handler Posts: 166 From: Vancouver, B.C. Canada Registered: Jul 2003 posted 01-30-2010 01:37 AM                     Many years ago in a university film society booth we were able to afford one Hortson to go with our Helens Bowel //Bell and Howell. This was back in carbon arc days, so with the Hortson on the right and the B&H on the left you could do manual change-overs with ease.  |  IP: Logged

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