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Topic: Last night of the change over?
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Don Sneed
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Posts: 451
From: Texas City, TX, USA
Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 05-01-2003 10:09 AM
I too miss the changeover days, although I'm no longer a projectionist (now service tech for the past 23yrs.)the reel to reel machines looked like a projector with real lamphouses (carbon or Xenon)not consoles...it is a pleasure to service a Reel to reel booth although I no longer get a chance to do...the projection staff today haven't a clue what it was like to do changeovers, most projectionist do not know the reel change cue mark are even on the film, if some do, they do not know what they are for....yes I am glad I came in on the tail end of carbon lamps, reels change ect in the early 70's before platters, xenon lamps,console...this was when a projectionist was a projectionist, NOW...they are film jockys !!! Even in my line of work now, I was once call "the sound engineer" now Iam a theatre technician....I hate to say it...but I miss the old days !!! But love the new digital technology...I remember when I 1st started in the booth, we had 35-50 watts mono amplifiers, when I went to work at another theatre that had a 100-watts amplifier...whooaaa weeeee I thought I had something, now I install 7,000 to 29,000 watts sound systems....what a difference 30 yrs makes !!!
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