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Jerome Sutter
Film Handler
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From: Bellwood, IL USA
Registered: Dec 2010
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posted December 14, 2012 10:08 AM
I remember this quite well, because I had to go to a Polaroid presentation of this product when it first came out. I remember the fanfare quite well, that finally we could develop our own movies and show them. Boy where we wrong! After the presentation, we couldn't take the film out of the cartridge, used this "7 inch Screen Projector," which could wake up the dead, and film was expense. Both the manager of the store and myself decided it would not sell, so we decline not to place any orders. If only the film could have been removed from the cartridge, it may have worked.
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Jerome Sutter
Film Handler
Posts: 92
From: Bellwood, IL USA
Registered: Dec 2010
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posted December 15, 2012 11:45 AM
That is correct, there is no way to edit the film. Also, when your purchased a film cassette, it held 38.5 ft of film, not 50. Second you are only shooting 15 frames a second, not 18 (for silent film). The only way to get the film out of the cartridge w/o breaking it or else you'll get the chemicals on yourself, was to break the film at the end of the movie, and rewinds the film unto a 50 ft reel, and of course, you will have to buy leader. The film did run through a super 8 projector, but I was more worried about any left over chemicals that could stick unto the projector, and that would be a mess to clean up. No the concept was interesting, but it was a complete failure!
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