8mm Forum: Sound films????

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Posted by Lee Whelann (Member # 1857) on 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

Posted by Dino Everette (Member # 1378) on 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

Posted by Christian Bjorgen (Member # 1780) on December 31, 2009, 01:40 PM:

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

Posted by Greg Marshall (Member # 1268) on 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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