Talk:Kinetoscope

message: I thought it wouldn't hurt to add the interesting detail that W.K.Dickson was British (born in France to English/Scottish parents), but this has several times been deleted on the basis that his nationality isn't relevant (while Edison's evidently is). Apparently we don't want to make it too obvious that the person most responsible for the development of the kinetoscope wasn't American. 68.44.187.12 (talk) 00:30, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Nice way to WP:AGF. User:DCGeist made it clear in his edit summary (in the most recent revert) that Edison's nationality is relevant only because the work on the Kinetoscope took place in the U.S., while the nationalities of other involved people are not relevant. If you disagree (and let me be clear: I'm neutral), please explain why here. --Tkynerd (talk) 03:33, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dickson's Nationality 

message: The lead paragraph states:
: Edison never bothered to apply for international copyright on the device, surmising that it would not stand up in European courts (Cook, 1990). 
Should that really be patent instead? I thought copyright was for published works, not invented devices. DMacks 15:48, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edison's actions (from the Cook ref) 

message: I have started to read Barry Salt's book Film Style and Technology: History and Analysis, and among some of the early technological developments I've uncovered, Salt cites that the early motion picture film rolls were supplied in quantities of 65 feet by Eastman and 75 feet by Blair. Furthermore, it was possible for the rolls to be made longer by cementing several of them together in the darkroom; however, the unreliability of this method meant that narrative films generally declined to do so, whereas actuality films were more eager to do it for anticipated longer takes. Some of these rolls were cemented together to lengths as long as 1000 feet; the earliest documented usage, though, was for American Mutograph and Biograph in November 1899 for the Jeffries-Sharkey fight. Hope that helps? Girolamo Savonarola 20:29, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll have to go back and check if he explicitly states it in relation to Edison. Unfortunately I'm limited to a special collections non-lend library copy for the moment (until my purchased copy comes through). The other question of note is what capacity did the Kinetograph have for filmstock, and could this be expanded with a separate magazine? Girolamo Savonarola 21:02, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: All the sources I've read indicate the 35 mm Kinetograph was originally designed for the 50-foot rolls the company first received from Eastman. Not one source describes in exactly what way the Kinetograph's capacity was expanded.—DCGeist 21:15, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Interesting. Which reminds me, it would be great to have more info on all of the technical details of the equipment, especially the Kinetograph itself. Again, I've been able to trace down some of this through the Salt book, but on the whole this material tends not to be written about much. The whole reason why I went to Salt's book to begin with is that it's one of the few books about film history predominantly from a technological view. Girolamo Savonarola 21:28, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

text: Great. As for technical details on the Kinetograph, as you say, no one really tend to write about it. I've included a link to a patent diagram of the camera in one of the notes, but without direct access to the patent documents themselves, there's hardly anything from authoritative sources to add in terms of technical details.—DCGeist 03:29, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Running times - more info 

message: I'm not sure if it warrants its own article, but Edward H. Amet produced an actual screen projection system in 1895 with the Magniscope. Also he invented the sprocket feed system that is still used on 35mm film to this day. Amet may have sold his patent to Edison, who then adopted the sprocket feed for use in his cameras, kinetoscopes and projectors. Before then, Edison's film was friction fed and not as reliable.
:The Eastman House seems to indicate that he developed a projector as early as 1894, but Who's Who of Victorian Cinema also indicates that he didn't do any work on the projector until 1893 at the earliest; whereas Edison's perforation specification was conceptualized as early as 1889. Sprocket/perf systems also can be traced back to at least 1888, which makes the claim somewhat dubious. Can you point to any documentation regarding Amet's relations with Edison? I don't know the history of the film projector well enough, but given the field, it would seem likely that there were several competing projection inventors contemporary if not antecedent to Amet. Girolamo Savonarola 01:30, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  No cross reference to or mention of the Edward H. Amet Magniscope. 

message: I've just chanced across this article and couldn't believe it didn't have a star. In my opinion, this is a clear FA standard article, and I'd recommend putting up at FAC. Yomanganitalk 11:56, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, and have already discussed this with DCGeist (the primary editor). I believe that he's almost ready, but just wants to finish some cross-referencing of secondary sources for additional bits of info. I have no doubts that this will be nom'd very shortly. Girolamo Savonarola 13:16, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: FA

message: Hi, if you need some information more about the Kinétograph, you can see the French article here on the article about fr:Kinétoscope. And if I made some mistakes in English, please tell me where ;-) thanks. Mythe Mythe-discussion 
23:37, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kinétograph 

message: The current diff of the text says that the first order was in Sept 89, followed by another in Feb 90. Spehr, however, says that there were three orders in 89 (Sept - 1 roll, Nov - 6 rolls, Dec - 6 rolls), all for 3/4 inch wide, followed by the February order for 1 inch wide stock. Is the article in error, or did you find a conflicting source? Thanks, Girolamo Savonarola (talk) 09:05, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No, you're quite right. Correction made.—DCGeist (talk) 19:32, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Early Eastman orders 

message: Hello. I came to this article because it's today's featured article. At the end of the first paragraph in the Development section, I am seeing the word stuff by itself. It looks like this: 
In March 1889, a second caveat was filed, in which the proposed motion picture device was given a name, Kinetoscope, derived from the Greek roots kineto ("movement") and scopos ("to view"). stuff
I thought this was vandalism and was going to remove it, but when I edit the section, I don't see the word there. I don't know where it's coming from. Can someone more technically proficient than me take a look? Thanks. --Tkynerd (talk) 17:23, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problem (vandalism?) I can't fix 

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message: Hello, I am new to Wikipedia editing and I am sorry for any mistakes I make formatting, but I think there is a problem when referring to one of the inventions as Projectograph. According to the Library of Congress, it was the Phantograph. I checked the inventor between the two articles and they are the same, and they seem to have similar descriptions. I do not know how to insert links correctly, but here is my try.  I'm sorry if I did that wrong.  96.61.16.170 (talk) 20:15, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Projectograph or Phantograph?