Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by grhughes (A) on June 05, 2008 at 09:18:14

In Reply to: RE: You mean, the heads can be disengaged even when the film's running through the projector?! nt posted by clarkjohnsen on June 05, 2008 at 08:16:01

...the mag heads were in a penthouse above the lens and the optical head were below the lens. All prints had optical tracks as well as magnetic tracks. You just threaded the projector to bypass the mag head penthouse. Optical tracks seldom had a frequency response past 8K max and mono of course.
Little boxes on the hillside... Little boxes made of ticky tacky. Theres a red one and a green one and blue one and a yellow one... And the're all made out of ticky tacky and they all look just the same... Malvina Reynolds (song from the 60s)