Recently, the kind folks at the Annex said enough was enough — we needed to get our boxes of extra equipment out of their storage space.<\/p>\n
Rather than let the boxes sit around here and collect dust, we decided to dive in and see what we had, whether it was worth keeping or needed to go.<\/p>\n
Aside from a several flatbed scanner lids and a pretty sweet turntable, we also found two 16mm film projectors. We couldn’t decide which one to keep — not having any good way at hand to test them — so we kept them both.<\/p>\n
(Click on the images below to see larger versions.)<\/p>\n
Singer Insta-load 16:<\/p>\n\n
We have no idea how old it is, probably from as early as the 1960s or as late as the 1980s.<\/p>\n
Here’s the same model in action:<\/p>\n
[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-a_C1u-77FY&w=420&h=315]<\/p>\n
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Bell & Howell Filmosound Specialist, from the 1960s or 1970s:<\/p>\n\n
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A Bell and Howell cousin in action:<\/p>\n
[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=siWv1bt3PQ4&w=560&h=315]<\/p>\n
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Recently, the kind folks at the Annex said enough was enough — we needed to get our boxes of extra equipment out of their storage space. Rather than let the boxes sit around here and collect dust, we decided to … Continue reading