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The Geneva mechanism is an essential component of many film projectors which works in concert with other projector components such as the [[shutter]] in order to transform a film strip composed of static pictures into what appear to be "moving images". It is a mechanism which converts rotational motion into periodic motion.
The Geneva mechanism is an essential component of many film projectors which works in concert with other projector components such as the [[shutter]] in order to transform a film strip composed of static pictures into what appear to be "moving images". It is a mechanism which converts rotational motion into periodic motion.


==The "dwell state"==
[[File:Geneva_mechanism.gif]]
 
===How it Works===
*Dwell state
*Pull-down


[[File:Geneva_mechanism.gif]]


==Resources==
==Resources==

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