8mm Forum: single 8 film

»	8mm Forum » 8mm Forum » single 8 film

UBBFriend: Email this page to someone!

Author

Topic: single 8 film

Larry Mann
Junior
Posts: 2
From: USA
Registered: Aug 2011

posted August 06, 2011 07:13 PM

I found a fujica single 8 at a thrift store it seems the be in good shap nothing seems to be broken an stilll works whhen i put batters in it where can i find film for it i have not found anything in the USA only over seas can any one help me on this

| IP: Logged

Austin Holcomb
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 745
From: New Bloomington, OH, USA
Registered: Mar 2011

posted August 06, 2011 07:15 PM

look on ebay [Smile]

| IP: Logged

Joerg Polzfusz
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 815
From: Berlin, Germany, Europe, Earth, Solar System
Registered: Apr 2006

posted August 09, 2011 05:08 AM

Hi,

Fuji has stopped shipping their Single8-films to somewhere outside of Japan in approx. 1995. AFAIK only retro8.com (in Japan) is still shipping Single8-Films to the USA - both the original Fuji-Single8-films and some other films filled into Single8-carts. There are also some European sources (FFR, Wittner, Jovanovic, super8.nl, ...). But using them would be more expensive from the USA than getting the same products from retro8.

Jörg
P.S.: When you google a little more, you'll stumble across "Single8film.com" in Los Angeles. Unfortunately the company closed in 2009 (no clue why their webpage is still on-line).

| IP: Logged

Alan Rik
Film God

Posts: 2211
From: New York City, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted August 10, 2011 12:42 AM

Whatever you do...do not send anything to Single8film.com.
The owner Kent Bulza took 4 of my films to process. After getting the runaround for almost a year I complained to the Better Business Bureau and he refunded my money for 3 of them...and said the other one was lost.
Story has it that he sent it to get processed and never paid the company so they held the films hostage. My films and memories were in that bunch. Now gone. Can you tell I still am very upset about it? [Mad]

| IP: Logged

Simon McConway
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1085
From: Doncaster, UK
Registered: Jun 2004

posted August 10, 2011 03:56 AM

Yes, I too sent a film to Kent Bulza for processing...I'm still waiting for the results TWO YEARS later. I was thinking about starting to film in Single 8 (alongside my Super 8 filming) but this experience totally put me off. Thank you Kent Bulza for being the most unprofessional dealer to exist on this earth, apart from one other individual who often messes people around on here. I think we should start a name & shame section for such people.

| IP: Logged

Larry Mann
Junior
Posts: 2
From: USA
Registered: Aug 2011

posted August 11, 2011 01:39 PM

Thanks for the help

| IP: Logged

Martin Baumgarten
Junior
Posts: 7
From: Plattsburgh, New York USA
Registered: Jul 2011

posted August 24, 2011 03:11 PM

I have a quantity of frozen since new Single-8 filmstock in the freezer here for sale. Also my lab PPS processes Single-8 film as well. You're right, very little support for Single-8 in North America, but it was never that huge since Super 8mm had the main market share. Email me directly for information if interested. Films expired back in the 1980s but I run a test roll every 6 to 12 months and they still look great.

| IP: Logged

All times are Central

Printer-friendly view of this topic

UBB.classic^TM 6.3.1.2