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Simon McConway
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Doncaster, UK
Registered: Jun 2004

posted May 24, 2008 04:15 PM

I have some process paid Single 8 cartridges; will Fuji still process them without charge? And what's the address I need to send them to?

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Kevin Faulkner
Film God

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From: Essex UK
Registered: Jun 2003

posted May 24, 2008 07:40 PM

Simon, I think they now need to go to Japan for processing. From what I have heard they will still honor the processing paid cassettes as long as they are in the correct mailers supplied with the film.

Dont know the address but I'm sure a google on the net will find it for you.

Kev.

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Mark Norton
Master Film Handler

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From: Hampton Hill, Middlesex, U.K.
Registered: Feb 2004

posted May 25, 2008 04:12 AM

Simon, I send my single 8 R25 to Retro 8 [URL=http://film.club.ne.jp/english/englishindex.html], Takes a few weeks to turn around, but they come back on the white fuji spoolsin the proper fuji boxes.
Sugest you Email them first for an invoice, they accept paypal.

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Graham Sinden
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From: Kent, UK
Registered: Aug 2005

posted May 25, 2008 05:01 AM

Simon,
Ive only ever bought my single 8 cartridges from the Widescreen Centre (London Baker Street) and returned them there for processing, who in turn send them to japan. The whole process takes 3 weeks and costs £9 processing. They are returned from the WS on fuji white spools and fuji boxes. I think they would process single 8 even if you didnt buy it there, and saves the hassle of posting them to japan yourself.

Question: Isnt single8 E6 processing?

Graham S

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Kevin Faulkner
Film God

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From: Essex UK
Registered: Jun 2003

posted May 25, 2008 05:15 AM

Yes as far as I know it is E6 or a variant.

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Joerg Polzfusz
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Berlin, Germany, Europe, Earth, Solar System
Registered: Apr 2006

posted May 26, 2008 04:39 AM

Hi,

the fujichrome rt200n and r25n are e6-processing with a special first step to remove the remjet-layer (requires some special chemicals). When you don't do this special step, some black goo will stick everywhere in your processing device.
All other currently available Single8-films ("Cinevia") are standard e6 - except for the RetroX, which is standard b&w.

Jörg

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Simon McConway
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Doncaster, UK
Registered: Jun 2004

posted May 27, 2008 09:11 AM

Well, the search for the processing address goes on! Fuji (UK) couldn't help me...I got put through to the digital camera helpline!

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Mark Norton
Master Film Handler

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From: Hampton Hill, Middlesex, U.K.
Registered: Feb 2004

posted May 27, 2008 10:19 AM

As I've been led to believe Fuji do not accept single 8 cartridges for processing sent from outside of Japan, so in the past I have sent my cartridges of R25 to Retro Enterprises who then send them on to Fuji for development.
I also film with K40 , processing via Dwaynes so it didn't cross my mind to use the fuji prepaid envelopes & so I have paid Retro for the processing.
If you have any luck with your prepaid mailers I'd be interested as I've got those 5 prepaid R25's from the BFCC.

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Joerg Polzfusz
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Berlin, Germany, Europe, Earth, Solar System
Registered: Apr 2006

posted May 27, 2008 11:09 AM

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As I've been led to believe Fuji do not accept single 8 cartridges for processing sent from outside of Japan, so in the past I have sent my cartridges of R25 to Retro Enterprises who then send them on to Fuji for development.

That's correct - even though http://www.retro8.com/ isn't the only company that provides this service. E.g. when you're in the USA http://www.single8film.com/ would be faster/more convenient.

There are rumours that Fuji Germany still accepts Single8 films and forwards them to Japan. But they've been waiting for a certain amount of carts before they did so. And hence the last one who tested this and wrote about it on some German forums in 2003 had to wait 3-4 months before his film returned processed. So Retro8 is faster - from Germany in average 3 weeks for processing or 4 weeks for processing & striping.

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