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Originally Posted by Telecolor 3007

So the darn machine could load the film wrongly and screw it?
What a nice editing machine... but way over expensive fo me: https://www.olx.ro/oferta/boxe-vinta...tml#8c5d418681

But how in the world does an 16 m.m. splicer that punches holes looks like?

Manual load projectors are confusing for the average teacher or other person stuck with operating film equipment, so companies came up with ways to simplify things. There's "slot load" machines, and there's "autoload". The concept being to simplify operation, and reduce film damage.

Autoload works fine IF the leader of the film is in perfect shape. If it's not, it ends up jamming and eating the film. There is also a way to load this kind of projector manually, if you read the instructions.

My dream projector is anything with a xenon lamp.. the EIKI models with a Xenon lamp are way brighter than the halogen or incandescent models, and can make a really great picture. I'm not actively looking for one though, my DeVry will do for now.