Silma film projectors

Silma

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Silma was an Italian film projector manufacturer. It was established in 1959 by Mr. Canelli (chief designer) and Mr. Salino (general manager) of Cirse. Initially it was called Filma. Because of a legal dispute they could not use the Filma brand for its projectors so they decided to use Silma as their brand. For more information, see the History page.

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Cinema Pratique nº 97 1970

*Nick Vermeirsch

This website only includes Silma projector models that were designed, developed or marketed before the takeover by Bosch/Bauer in 1969. The squarish, plasticky models after the takeover had no appeal to me.

*Cesare Faldini

Below are the first three Silma projectors: the Compact 8 from 1962, the Sonik 8 from 1963 and the Telematic 8 Zoom from 1965.

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Cinema Pratique, November 1964

*Nick Vermeirsch

Below are two 'gems' from Silma with the Sonik 8 being Silma's absolute flagship despite its tube amplifier and its limited reel capacity of 120 mtr-400 ft. The Sonik 8 was 1.6 times more expensive than the 240S.

Foto og Smalfilm - March 1966

Logo's can be an indicator of the period of introduction of the different Silma projectors. The first logo is a reconstruction of the logo on the ID-plate of the Sonik 8 shown on the Filma page which is unique because it clearly shows an 'F' instead of an 'S'.

Filma Compact 8

Compact 8 - Sonik 8

Telematic - 120M - Sound/240S/250 - 124 - 125 - 130 - Duo

Bivox - 128 - 120SL

*Nick Vermeirsch

*Nick Vermeirsch