I was so excited today when I found a like-new, unused (or barely used) GAF 3100S Super 8mm projector at a thrift store for $12.99. I've had a bunch of home-recorded Super 8 reels lying around and haven't been able to watch or digitize them properly. Well, it went very well for about five seconds. It started taking in film... but there was suddenly the smell of burning, a small pop, followed by a bit of worse-smelling smoke. I've done minor electronics repair in the past... but I'm afraid something like this is likely beyond my current abilities/tools. Anyone know of someone who repairs 1970s Super 8 projectors? (Brief research seems to indicate that this is a nice projector to have, so maybe worth getting repaired?)

#8mm #8mmfilm #vintageelectronics #electronics #electronicsrepair #repair #super8

25 years filmwerkplaats Rotterdam; celebration & screenings at WORM Rotterdam during International Film Festival Rotterdam, 3rd February 2026.

With Esther Urlus, Lichun Tseng, Nan Wang, Judith van der Made, Joost Van Veen, Francien van Everdingen, Ieke Trinks, Tim Leyendekker, Li-chen Kuo, Raluca Croitoru & many others

https://archive.org/details/2026-02-03-filmwerkplaats_25_years.av1

[also happens to be the 400th video in my archive of documenting DIY events (mostly) in Rotterdam.]

#experimentalfilm #handmadefilm #16mmfilm #8mmfilm #artistrunfilmlab #IFFRr #IFFR2026

Today at 20.00-21.00 on Radio WORM: debut of my new monthly radio program 'Slow Scan TV' - a one-hour transmission of analog images via audio, using 1970s slow scan tv technology (originally developed for transmitting images over amateur radio).

The first episode will celebrate today's 25th anniversary of filmwerkplaats Rotterdam, with a slow scan tv version of a black-and-white 8mm/16mm film portrait of filmwerkplaats shot by me, Francien Van Everdingen and Lichun Tseng in November 2025. Its original 1300 frames/54 seconds will be transmitted as 100 frames in 60 minutes.

To receive/see the images, I recommend the Open Source Android app Robot36 :

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/xdsopl.robot36

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xdsopl.robot36

#slowscantv #experimentalfilm #8mmfilm #radio #diy

Global Super 8 Day at WORM Rotterdam , organized by Stichting Amateurfilm and Super-8 collector Ge Aarts, with Super8 Reversal Lab & members of Filmwerkplaats Rotterdam

Peertube: https://spectra.video/w/fbouDdJJYxiSiB7wEgnDMh

archive.org (high quality stream): https://archive.org/details/2025-10-11-global_super_8_day-worm.av1

[18 fps moving images from 20 fps high-speed photographs, taken with a Nominar 13-38mm d-mount zoom lens for 8mm film cameras; d-mount adapter by @rafcamera ]

#super8 #8mm #8mmfilm #amateurfilm #analogfilm #diy #film #globalsuper8day

Global Super 8 Day @Rotterdam

https://spectra.video/w/fbouDdJJYxiSiB7wEgnDMh

Missed monsterdon this week in favour of watching some of my partner's 8mm family movies. Mostly from the 1960s before her time.

Getting good value from her recent $25 thrift store projector find! And I've satisfied my never-joined-the-AV-club feelings of inadequacy.

Now to find a way to join a year-book committee.

#8mmFilm #HomeMovies