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Topic: Single 8 Pre-Packaged films?
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Joerg Polzfusz
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 815
From: Berlin, Germany, Europe, Earth, Solar System
Registered: Apr 2006
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posted March 25, 2008 04:55 AM
Hi,
there have been several Japanese companies to release digests, short cartoons/"animes" and some full length features on Super8 (which is the same as processed Single8 or Doublesuper8). One of those companies was Fuji. The ad for Fuji's star-wars-digests was posted some time ago on this forum. When you go to the "Japan"-section of the Super8wiki's FAQ you'll find some shops that still sell used prints. Yahoo Auctions Japan is also a good source for thos prints.
One of those pages: http://www.geocities.jp/maru_ba99/page013.html Translated with some online tool: http://209.85.135.104/translate_c?hl=de&langpair=ja%7Cen&u=http://www .geocities.jp/maru_ba99/page013.html
quote: "Maurice Leakey": I believe that today, although Kodak have stopped the sales of Kodachrome in Super-8 cartridges, Fuji are still continuing sales of Single-8 cartridges for those cameras which will accept them.
That's correct. Unfortunately Fuji has stopped the production of Single8-films last year. But they've produced tons of carts as a last batch and expect to able to sell both Fujichromes (R25N and RT200N) for the next years. (They expect to run out of RT200N next year, while the supply of R25N is expected to last until 2011 or longer. Processing and optional post-striping by Fuji is ensured at least until 2012. And when Fuji is out of stock, they'll decide whether to produce another batch or not.) Nevertheless Fuji isn't the only company to produce Single8-films: http://film.club.ne.jp/english/eng_cinevia.html (Those films are also available in Europe: http://www.ffr-film.de/index.php?page=single-8 http://www.wittner-kinotechnik.de/katalog/04_filmm/single-8.php )
Jörg
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