[Leica] Equipment Request

[langeratcarleton at gmail.com (Mark Langer)]

Mike,

Just keep an eye out for yard sales or start visiting the Salvation
Army or other similar thrift shops.  I used to pick these up for my
students in good shape for around $10-$15.  They are a bit harder to
find now, but a couple of weeks of poking around should turn up a few
good examples.

Mark

On 6/7/05, Mike Durling <durling@cox.net> wrote:
> Jim,
> 
> I've seen several Revere-88s in antique shops.  Since I already have my
> dad's, which I drag out every now and then, I haven't picked up a
> second.  They are well built and have good optics.  For projection they
> are much better than later "dual-8" projectors.
> 
> Once I tried to do some quick and dirty video transfers with it and
> found that the sparking of the motor interfered with the (older) video
> camera.  Otherwise they are very nice.
> 
> Mike D
> 
> Jim Shulman wrote:
> > OK, it sorta has to do with Leica (I own a Leicina 8SV)
> >
> > Lately I've been even more retro than a Leica film shooter--I've been 
> > making
> > b/w movies with my standard 8mm rollfilm equipment.  Yes, you get strange
> > looks when winding up your camera at some big event. Even better, imagine
> > the reaction when you say that yes, there IS film in the camera.  I took 
> > it
> > to the Greenwich CT car show this past weekend, where I saw an M6, and 
> > M2,
> > and one fellow with a Retina IIIc.
> >
> > Unfortunately, my poor Bolex 18-5 projector went hooves-up with a fried
> > motor; the local camera shop isn't exactly bursting with options.
> >
> > Does anyone on the US side of the list have an 8mm (regular 8 or dual
> > super/standard 8) movie projector in decent working shape that they'd 
> > like
> > to sell?  I assume that someone out there has one moldering in the hall
> > closet.  If I'm going to buy one, I'd rather give my money to a LUGger.
> >
> > Would love to see the footage I shot over Memorial Day.
> >
> > Replies off list, please!
> >
> > Best,
> > Jim Shulman
> > Bryn Mawr, PA
> >
> >
> > PS.  Here's a peep into our silver halide still film future: to shoot 
> > with
> > my standard 8 camera, I have to order film from the mid-west.  It's
> > available only in b/w, in one reversal emulsion.  When I've exposed the
> > film, it's sent to the one lab (on the west coast) that will process and
> > slit 8mm film.  That comes back via priority mail.  A roll with 
> > processing
> > and shipping runs about $25, all told.
> >
> >
> >
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