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16mm on a Platter???

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That's right.  No we weren't kidding!
Can you say "southern engineering at it's best?"

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A better shot of the setup.
A slightly modified Kodak Pageant projector was used in conjunction with a 1000 watt ORC integrated lamphouse.  The platter is a Christie AW3...standard in your better theaters.

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Since we obviously couldn't move the 35mm projector out of the way, we used the slide port window.

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The 16mm film cleaner.  Formerely a 70mm cleaner.
It's been awhile since we've used the system.  Can you tell by the shrunken leader?

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We estimate the standard AW3 platter can hold about 24 hours of non-stop 16mm film!
That is a 2 hour feature currently loaded up.
Check out the shiny platters!  Read about it in the TIPS section "Christie Platter Tweeking".

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Back view of the system.  It takes two rollers to get the film over the edge of the alignment board to go back to the platter for take-up.

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Notice the Magnacom zoom attachment to fill those larger screens!

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And of course, the "side by side" comparison.
The 16mm actually put out 16 footlamberts of light on the screen!

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The #5 auditorium with masking pulled to 1.33 aspect ratio.
These pictures were taken at the Granada Prestonwood.
The system was designed by Film-Tech.

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