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The '''Kinoton FP 38 E''' is a [[:Category:Dual gauge projectors|dual guage projector]] capable of projecting both [[35mm]] and [[16mm]] film. | The '''Kinoton FP 38 E''' is a [[:Category:Dual gauge projectors|dual guage projector]] capable of projecting both [[35mm]] and [[16mm]] film. | ||
* Variations: Premiere / Reference / etc | |||
* film break sensors + workarounds | * film break sensors + workarounds | ||
* FSC handbook on gate tension - to revise: Be careful when you are adjusting the focus that you don’t actually adjust the film pressure skate knob. It’s a knob on the front of the Kinoton that adjusts the amount of pressure that the film pressure skate has. Too much pressure and you can damage the film – too little and the film will shake in the gate making the picture shake on screen. There is a scale under the film pressure skate, which should be set in the center. The only time you should ever need to adjust the amount of pressure would be if you were projecting a shrunken or thinner than normal film that is shaking in the gate. | |||
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==35mm Threading== | ==35mm Threading== | ||
# Turn the projector on with the switch at the base. Make sure the tension is set for 35mm and is turned off. | |||
# Place the feed reel on the top spindle and close the spindle. The film should be coming off of the left/bottom side of the reel. Also, and more importantly, the soundtrack should be on the side facing towards you. Remember that when threading up or rewinding 35mm, the film should coming off under the feed reel and over the top of the take up reel making an “S” shape. The only exception to this is in the rare chance that the film is wound on the reel wrong so that playing it this way would result in the soundtrack facing away from you. The above applies to using the rewind bench. | |||
# Thread up. [photo guide coming soon] | |||
# Close the spindle on the take up reel. Turn the tension on and make sure that the tension is engaged at the two film break sensors as sometimes you can turn the tension on but it won’t engage if the film has too much slack in front of the sensors. If this is not corrected when you turn on the motor, the film will spill on the floor. | |||
# Double check your threading. Make sure that the spindles are closed, the tension is on and engaged, the film is framed correctly in the gate, you can feel the teeth of the gears through the sprocket holes, the film is sitting in the rollers (especially those around the sound head!), and the correct running speed is selected (both the variable speed control and the 24 or 25fps button). Finally, make sure the lamp is turned on, the correct lens and plate are in, and the proper sound format has been chosen. You are now ready to project. Yeah! Whoo! | |||
# Finally, between every reel of 35mm, turn the projector off and then on to re-set the automatic intermittent gear. Otherwise, there’s a small chance the loop size around the sound head could change causing the sound to come fluttery and warbley. If this happens you’ll need to stop the projector, change the sound loop to the proper size, and then start the projector. You can hear this warble best in dialogue and music, not in noise and brief sound effects. Make sure the sound is on in the booth during changeovers, so you can detect this problem. | |||
==16mm Threading== | ==16mm Threading== | ||
===Sound Sync=== | ===Sound Sync=== | ||
To ensure that 16mm sound and image are projected in proper sync, you will need to determine the exact number of sprocket holes your projector likes its [[latham loop]] to have. This may require some experimentation with test reels. | To ensure that 16mm sound and image are projected in proper sync, you will need to determine the exact number of sprocket holes your projector likes its [[latham loop]] to have. This may require some experimentation with test reels. | ||
===Magnetic Sound=== | |||
On the bottom left of the 16mm sound head in the top photo (below) you can easily see the 16mm sound switch that allows you to switch between optical and magnetic prints. The switch should be left at the top, “O”, for optical and the bottom, “M”, for magnetic. Optical prints are either variable density or variable area (like 35mm mono), and magnetic soundtracks look like a copper band. If you play a magnetic print, be sure to switch back to “O” when you are done, since optical soundtracks are much more common than magnetic ones (in most situations). | |||
===Threading Procedure=== | ===Threading Procedure=== | ||
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==Switching the Projector from 16mm | ==Switching the Projector from 35mm to 16mm== | ||
# Make sure the projector is turned off before starting. If it’s not turned off, the sound won’t switch over to the new format and you could accidentally cut yourself since the fan will still be spinning (this has actually happened!) If you switch the toggle switch on the front operating panel without turning off the projector, you will not have sound in the new format and it will be running at the wrong speed. If this happens you will have to stop the projector motor, turn off the projector, wait a couple of seconds and turn the projector back on. | # Make sure the projector is turned off before starting. If it’s not turned off, the sound won’t switch over to the new format and you could accidentally cut yourself since the fan will still be spinning (this has actually happened!) If you switch the toggle switch on the front operating panel without turning off the projector, you will not have sound in the new format and it will be running at the wrong speed. If this happens you will have to stop the projector motor, turn off the projector, wait a couple of seconds and turn the projector back on. | ||
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* '''[http://filmstudiescenter.uchicago.edu/ University of Chicago Film Studies Center]''', Chicago, IL - dual FP 38 Es at Cobb Hall location. | * '''[http://filmstudiescenter.uchicago.edu/ University of Chicago Film Studies Center]''', Chicago, IL - dual FP 38 Es at Cobb Hall location. | ||
* '''[http://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/view/cinema/ Block Cinema at Northwestern University]''', Evanston, IL - dual FP 38 Es | * '''[http://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/view/cinema/ Block Cinema at Northwestern University]''', Evanston, IL - dual FP 38 Es | ||
* '''[http://www.cinema.indiana.edu/ IU Cinema]''', Bloomington, IL - dual FP 38 E-S Reference projectors | |||
==External links== | |||
* [https://archive.org/details/kinoton-fp-38-e-premiere-manual Kinoton FP 38 E Premiere Operating Manual, archive.org backup] | |||
[[Category:Equipment]] | |||
[[Category:Projectors]] | [[Category:Projectors]] | ||
[[Category:16mm projectors]] | [[Category:16mm projectors]] | ||
[[Category: 35mm projectors]] | [[Category: 35mm projectors]] | ||
[[Category:Dual gauge projectors]] | [[Category:Dual gauge projectors]] | ||
[[Category:Small gauge film]] | |||