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Topic: Is this rgular or super 8?

Winbert Hutahaean
Film God

Posts: 5468
From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003

posted November 30, 2007 12:05 AM

I am a bit confused when someone sending me this below picture but he didn't know if they are regular or super 8mm.

So. guys I need your help to distiguish it by seeing the holes?

( I cannot do that because I don't have regular film for the comparassion)

thanks for yuor help

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Winbert

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Dan Lail
Film God

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From: Loganville, Georgia, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted November 30, 2007 12:18 AM

Winbert, that picture came from this ebay auction(not mine);

http://cgi.ebay.co m/8MM-MOVIE-FILM-THE-RED-BALLOON-SOUND-TECHNICOLOR-RARE_W0QQitemZ160185521910QQihZ006QQcategoryZ63821QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

The seller says it's regular 8mm, I enlarged the picture of the reels to actual size(300%) and super imposed an actual 400' standard 8mm reel over it and the center hole appears to be standard 8mm.

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Adrian Winchester
Film God

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From: Croydon, London, UK
Registered: Aug 2004

posted November 30, 2007 04:57 PM

Sorry to disagree, but if those are 400' reels - and they surely must be - they look exactly like Super 8 centres to me.

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Adrian Winchester

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Jon Addams
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: New York, NY, USA
Registered: Apr 2007

posted November 30, 2007 07:42 PM

Those appear to be Super 8 center holes.

Jon

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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 December 03, 2007 03:47 AM

Hi,

don't pay too much attention onto the reels' holes! E.g. when the previous owner did have a dual-gauge-projector, you could find regular8-film on a super8-reel (and vice versa) as well... .

Jörg

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