HG>EV> I think when threading a 16MM Sound Movie Projector there was a Line   
   HG>EV> imprinted in the projector to show where to correctly  place the   
   HG>EV> film.   
      
   HG>That has also been the case on the cinema projectors I've seen and on   
   HG>the 8mm projectors I've used.   
      
   HG>EV> My friend who was a Projectionist there, invited me to come upstairs   
   HG>EV> to the "Booth" and taught me how to thread, check the carbons, frame   
   HG>EV> the film by looking at the image by sliding a part on the side of   
   HG>EV> the lens to make sure the correct count down number was in place, so   
   HG>EV> when I switched from one projector to the other the customers   
   HG>EV> wouldn't notice the changeover.   
      
   HG>That is of course very important if you want to be perfect but generally   
   HG>the public will not be upset by a missing or blank image.   
      
   HG>CU L8ER,   
      
   HG>Holger   
      
   I guess I was to impressed by the Perfection of the Projectionists in   
   the 40's and 50's as in later years they got sloppy and it really   
   irritated me. In fact that sloppyness was psrt of the reasom for the   
   studions going to the Super reels with the entire film on one reel. Now   
   with the movie on a Hard Drive there are no probems except the Idiots   
   in the booth are very sloppy with the framing and sound levels   
      
   tom   
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