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PREFACE

The hobby of collecting vintage movie equipment is overlooked by a passion for cinema lovers in general. It seems that among the many film fans there are very few interested in the equipment with which once you play the magic of the screen.

However, many who have passed middle age, you will remember the excitement that accompanied their children "lucky" at home when you turn on the projector.

home movies fun the whole family. In town to film movie rental 8, s / 8, 16mm (there were no cassettes) and projects with these machines very delicate and sometimes complicated: projectors, some will remember the frequent jams and breakage of the films. The excitement reached its peak when you buy a camera reduced pitch, and then after he sold a kidney to pay for film and development (but not so much a joke, a coil lasted less than 4 min.) We immediately felt "directors". Without mounting with rudimentary tools (scissors and glue, but electronic editing and time line) is living the thrill of moving images on the screen placed in the living room ... home theater!

The production of private films in the pre-war years up to 1960/65 was a very expensive hobby reserved only to the privileged class. However there were some fans who managed to buy all the equipment, a task which at the time could cost a fortune. Since the mid-60's were produced film cartridge s / 8 easy to use and economical machines accessible to a wider audience at affordable prices accessibilil. From then on almost everyone had the opportunity to do their own home movies, until the late 70's film, then exploded the phenomenon of video .... but that's another story.

Some old amateur a bit 'tattered, (I am one) are on the hunt for these fascinating ancient gadgets (cameras, projectors etc..) now abandoned, finding them at a reasonable price and with a little 'luck gifted. Until recently, they were old but valuable film equipment in the flea markets, now rarely used. A good market is still in Germany or Austria, but especially the U.S. where you can buy very good vintage cars at a good price (excluding shipping costs prohibitive in most cases).

On the blog you can follow through technical cineamatoriale, years that saw into the homes of many fans: cameras, projectors, the slow-motion replays, films and everything they needed to make a home movie, to the beginnings of video recording on magnetic tape (which treat separately). We hope that this collection will intrigue and excite others ........

Have fun .....

Oreste Ciaccia