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Lee Whelann
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From: Kent, England
Registered: Dec 2009

posted December 31, 2009 12:34 PM

Would someone be kind enough to send me picture showing what a sound reel looks like on a 8mm reel . I have been sent a picture (Thanks Hans) but it was of a 16mm film.

I cant find anything on the internet with comparison photos etc.

Thanks in advance,

Lee

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Dino Everette
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Long Beach, CA USA
Registered: Dec 2008

posted December 31, 2009 01:27 PM

here is a pic of 8mm sound striped leader. (It basically looks like a tiny strip of magnetic audio tape on the outer edges, there can be anywhere from one to multiple stripes

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Christian Bjorgen
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From: Kvinnherad, Norway
Registered: Oct 2009

posted December 31, 2009 01:40 PM

On alot if reels the stripe(s) are also dirt brown, not blackish like the photo [Smile]

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Greg Marshall
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From: Nashville, TN USA
Registered: Sep 2008

posted December 31, 2009 02:55 PM

There's also a smaller stripe, called the balance stripe, on the other side of the sprocket holes in the above picture. These tracks are magnetic tracks. Super 8 is also capable of having optical tracks, mainly on the opposite side of the sprocket holes. In very rare occasions, there are some films that have a secondary optical track, next to the sprocket holes. This was to accommodate a different language track than the one on the main track.

Standard (Regular) 8 also can accommodate a magnetic sound track as well.

Hope that helps.

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