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Note that some equipment must be purchased through a contractor or authorized dealer and cannot be purchased directly by businesses or individuals.


Projector repair

see also Technical Consultants

  • Richard Burgess - rbfilm@msn.com - Eiki and Elmo repair, dealer for xenon bulbs for Eiki and Elmo projectors manufactured by Superior Quartz


New Equipment

Audio equipment




  • QSC
    • Amps and speakers


Booth tools, reels, splicers, leader, and other supplies



  • CIR
    • Splicers for 8mm, Super8, 9.5mm, 16mm, 35mm, 70mm and other film gauges
    • Rewind and inspection tables


  • Dancan
    • Film cans, reels, and cores for 8mm, Super 8, 16mm, and 35mm
    • Film leader for 8mm, Super 8, 9.5mm, 16mm, and 35mm
    • Splicing tape
    • Film testing kits and archival supplies


  • Gaylord Archival - A general-purpose archival supply company. Many of the film-related items are from Christy's or STIL.
    • Film cans, reels, and cores for 16mm and 35mm
    • Storage boxes for 8mm
    • Film leader for 16mm and 35mm
    • Perforated and unperforated splicing tape
    • Acid-free reel bands for 16mm and 35mm
    • Acetate test strips and gas-absorbent can liners
    • Christy's film cleaner
    • Film rulers, inspection gloves, acid-free tape, archival pens, and other archival supplies



  • Hollywood Film Co. [CLOSED]
    • Goldberg cans
    • Light tables
    • Manual and motorized rewind benches
    • Reels and split reels
    • Ultrasonic splicers, hot splicers, and guillotine splicers
    • Synchronizers
    • Film printers



  • Kelmar Systems
    • Vertical rewind benches, spindles, and parts [link]
    • Projector port windows [link]
    • Dimmers and lighting control systems [link]
    • Film cleaning and conditioning systems [link]



  • Kinoton
    • Horizontal inspection benches and film viewers


  • Kodak
    • Leader in Super 8, 8mm, 16mm, 35mm, 65mm, and 70mm
    • Cans and cores for 16mm, 35mm, and 70mm
  • Splicing tape and film cement
  • Molecular sieves


  • Neumade
    • Reels and flanges
    • Splicers and splicing tape
    • Projector port windows
    • Hand-crank rewinds


  • PEC
    • Film cans for 16mm and 35mm film, leader, splicing tape (including S8 size), CIR splicer parts



  • Tuscan Corporation
    • Film cans for 8mm, Super 8, 16mm, and 35mm
    • Reels for 8mm, Super 8, 16mm, and 35mm


  • Urbanski Film
    • Splicing tape, splicers, inspection supplies, reels & cans


Bulbs & lamps

  • Osram Xenon lamps
  • Ushio Xenon lamps
  • Richard Burgess - rbfilm@msn.com - Eiki and Elmo repair, dealer for xenon bulbs for Eiki and Elmo projectors manufactured by Superior Quartz


Lenses


Looper rollers

  • K3camera
    • makes looper rollers that can be bought apart from the loopers themselves


Projectors (new)

see also the AMIA Film Advocacy Task Force list of motion picture projector manufacturers


Projector parts

  • Richard Burgess - rbfilm@msn.com - Eiki and Elmo projector parts



  • Kinoton
    • 16mm, 35mm, and 70mm projectors
    • Lamphouses
    • Sound readers



  • RC Classic
    • Eiki, Elmo and Bell&Howell projector parts



  • Van Eck (Netherlands)
    • Belts & projector parts for Eiki Elmo Bell & Howell and many other S8 and 16mm projectors


Screens, masking, and curtains

  • Da-Lite
    • Screens for front and rear projection [link]
    • Portable projector carts and adjustable-height stands [link]




Software

  • Visual Analyzer Free Oscilloscope Software for Windows/Linux useful for checking optical sound focusing for example
  • Film-o-sync tool for driving digital audio in sync with a film projector (and soon subtitle lists)
  • Belle nuit subtitler open-source tool for creating & videoprojecting subtitles
  • BQstit open-source tool for creating & videoprojecting subtitles


Test films


Used Equipment

Custom-made Equipment