![]() ![]() I’m thinking of attempting a similar hack on a Bell & Howell Autoloader 357B super8 projector I have laying around.Įssentially, this model is more or less in working order and is a pretty clean example, but unfortunately it lacks speed control (18/24 fps). A bit of hot-melt later, and I had a huge improvement on the picture quality of the original projector, with the added bonus of a much cooler lamp (so no chance of melting film if it gets stuck!)… Now I had an electronic switch that turned on and off in sync with the film’s motion, so I just knocked up a MOSFET driver to the LED and wired in a 5V DC power supply for the whole thing. So, I cut out a part of the disc corresponding to the part of the cycle where the film was moving, and mounted the light-gate such that the disc passed through the middle of it. I noticed that the shaft turned 360 degrees once per frame, and about 2/3 of the travel was during the “dwell” time, in which the film was stationary. Next up, I added an infra-red light gate and a cardboard disc to the rear of the projector, on the drive shaft. I mounted it with hot glue to meccano, and bolted it into the case where the bulb mount used to be. I replaced the bulb with a 2W LED, and was very pleased to note that the light just covered the film gate (which is very small with 8mm, of course!), making for a very efficient projector. I had a projector that was quite cheap, and didn’t have any means for stopping the light while the film was moving across the frame. Posted in LED Hacks Tagged 8mm, 8mm projector, high power LED, led, movie projector Post navigation Right now, there’s still the matter of fabricating a nice enclosure to mount the LED and charger in the bulb socket, but once figures that out, he’ll have a very nice 8mm projector on his hands. To power the LED, used a cell phone charger powered from the 120 VAC incandescent socket to supply the requisite 5 Volts at 1 Amp (Ohm’s Law works on coffee) power for the LED. This 1 Watt LED puts out more than enough light to project a frame of film onto a screen and fortunately doesn’t get as hot as the stock bulb. To replace the burnt-out and very expensive to replace incandescent bulb, sourced a very bright star LED from Jameco. has been getting into 8mm cameras and projectors, so when he came across a 8mm/super 8 projector that needed a bulb, he knew he had a worthwhile project on his hands. An example of this, possibly late production, marked Model A are in the in-case instructions.)īrownie 500 Movie Projector 105/230V AC/DC, Model Bīrownie 500 Movie Projector f/1.6 lens, Model Cīrownie 500 Movie Projector f/1.6 lens, Model A5īrownie 8 Movie Projector Model 10E (export) 115/230V 50Hzīrownie 8 Movie Projector Model A15E (export) 115/230V 50Hzīrownie 310 Movie Projector f/1.There’s a certain mystique about old home movies and 8mm film whether it’s footage from a family gathering from 40 years ago or a stop-motion animation you made when you were 12, there’s an immediacy for film that the VHS tapes from your family’s first camcorder can’t match. (After the introduction of the Model B, below, some product literature refers to this projector as the Model A. Special model: white and gold Brownie Movie Camera in Kodak Movie Gift Kit designed as a wedding giftīrownie Movie Camera Spotscope f/1.9 Exposure Meter Modelīrownie Turret Movie Camera Spotscope f/1.9 Exposure Meter Model, name changed in Dec 1958 to Kodak Cine Scopemeter Camera Turret f/1.9īrownie Movie Projectors US Models Projector Name and Modelīrownie Movie Projector f/1.6 lens, Universal AC-DC Model 2īrownie 300 Movie Projector f/1.6 lens, Universal AC-DC Model 2īrownie 300 Movie Projector f/1.6 lens, Model 4 Home - list of brownie movie cameras and projectors The List of Brownie Movie Cameras & Brownie Movie ProjectorsĪ special thanks to the folks at The Brownie Group for finding and publishing this information! ![]()
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