Hi Everyone,

I know with Mr Parsons retired is there anyone else out there that can repair our machines - I did have an email for John White - but when I send the message it bounces back to me - can anyone out there advise me ?

Cheers

David. Bere with me i will put up his email. Its different to the one on his website but he is mainly a eumig specialist.

Hi Tom,

I am looking to get my Elmo 1200 HD serviced and repaired and my Agfa Sonector LS2 has no sound.

David,

Just this minute come from John White's as I had to pick up a nice Elmo ST 600 he's just serviced for me. His email address is jt8mmcine@gmail.com his web address is www.the8mmshedshop.co.uk and his telephone numbers are 020 8204 8434 Mobile 07815987317. I hope that helps.

Here's a couple I just came across; of course, we have no idea of the quality of the work. Maybe we need a separate section where we can list people who provide services.
http://www.camerarepairer.co.uk/ProjectorRepair.htm
http://www.cameratiks.co.uk/repairs

Thanks Robert,

The email address that Barry left on his post was different to the one I had. John has obviously changed his email - so I have emailed him and hopefully both projectors will be back to full working order soon.

You should get sorted David; it's quite worrying as repairers are thin on the ground.

Now more than ever, is the time to do all that you possibly can for ourselves.
Part of this on going passion to screen real film in this era now, has to be an associated interest and fascination in learning and understanding exactly how the machines work and run to their best ability.
This should now already be becoming an integral part of your interest with this hobby to keep it both alive but also affordable.

Otherwise, we will all be left with a hobby which leaves us frustrated with shelves full of quality prints (hopefully!) and nothing working exactly as it should do 100% to show them on.

Gone soon, will be the days when once a year we can simply roster our machines for an annual routine service by an expert professional technician and just sit back for the ride so far as film nights are concerned.

This may well continue to be the case for time to come still for 16mm equipment, but certainly no longer for Super 8mm machines.

Get the spares and look to learn as much as you possibly can for yourself, would be my only advice for anyone who has a super 8mm collection which they both value and wish to continue to enjoy for the many years that lie ahead still.

If you happen to live somewhere in close proximity to the Netherlands, there is still a glimmer of hope due to the superb support of E.V E. and his team, but for anyone living on a remote and relatively isolated island like we are here in the UK, then expert resources soon will be very thin on the ground for the vast majority of the machines still in existence.
The courier services and their atrocious methods of handling bulky heavy goods pretty much rule out any opportunity for us here in the UK of using the kind of services that Wittners or Edwin Van Eck provides us all, irrespective of expense in getting the machines there and back again or the service costs.

I think maybe we need a special section for answers to certain problems. I'm checking out a film tonight after some problems, maybe in about a week, when I can check others I'll be able to offer some advice on what is a common problem. The situation for 16mm repairs is no better Andrew. Not all of us are technically minded.

I feel this will however become a necessity if you love to still screen real film.

As we were once told by a project manager just before commissioning and running for the first time a brand new process to us all,.
"Get comfortable with the uncomfortable!"...and you do, eventually.

Be brave, don't expect everything to be easy or straightforward or go like clockwork first time of attempting, but with patience and determination and a craving to learn, it's amazing what most collectors could achieve.

16mm collectors here, still have Kevin Brown so they are well supported here for the foreseeable.

Just found another that will repair Eiki/Elf 16mm: http://www.insightlighting.co.uk/HIRE/hire_services.html