Movie Projectors

[elApril04]

Hi, I was just wondering if all movie projectors technically work for any type of Super 8 film or do you need to buy a specific type of movie projector in order to see your film? thanks~

[oldasdirt]

Hi, I was just wondering if all movie projectors technically work for any type of Super 8 film or do you need to buy a specific type of movie projector in order to see your film?
Only if they are super 8,single 8 or dual 8.Single 8 is identical to super 8 for projection but has a different cartridge for the camera end.Regular 8mm won't work with super 8 film,in fact attempting such would damage your film.
Now for sound film,any super 8 sound projector will work for any super 8 or single 8 film.Regular 8mm is a different story.Eumig makes the only projector capable of projecting both super 8 and regular 8 sound film.This is because the separation between sound and picture is 18 frames for super 8,54 frames for regular 8 sound.Kodak's dual 8 Moviedeck projectors could project both depending on the model,but they could only do super 8 sound and regular 8 silent.