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Alex Wilson
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Posts: 17
From: Burlington, ON, Canada
Registered: Dec 2017

posted February 27, 2018 02:09 PM

Help..how do I play this type of film

https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kodak_Ektachrome_160,_Type_G,_Super_8_film_cartridge_1.jpg

Thanks

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Oliver F. R. Feld
Master Film Handler

Posts: 447
From: Berlin, Germany
Registered: Jan 2010

posted February 27, 2018 02:30 PM

Hi Alex
This is a cartridge of negative film for a Super-8-camera.
After filming You have to send it to a company who will develop it
and after that they send You back a reel with the positive film.
Approximately 3 minutes length.

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Mathew James
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 740
From: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Dec 2014

posted February 27, 2018 02:35 PM

Hi Alex,

This is for a super 8 projector. Once developed, you can use any machine that plays super 8. It doesn't have to play sound as this film has no sound stripe but a super 8 sound projector set to silent will work as well.

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Brian Fretwell
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1785
From: London, UK
Registered: Jun 2014

posted February 27, 2018 02:35 PM

No, not negative - it is a reversal colour film E6 process - ISO 160 type G for general light so balanced for exposure to daylight or artificial light without a filter

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Oliver F. R. Feld
Master Film Handler

Posts: 447
From: Berlin, Germany
Registered: Jan 2010

posted February 27, 2018 03:04 PM

Brian,
You are absolutely right!

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Bill Brandenstein
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1632
From: California
Registered: Aug 2007

posted February 27, 2018 03:07 PM

Alex, now that our friends have shown that it's a camera film, not ready for projection, I should add that there are labs such as Rocky Mountain Film Lab that will still mess with EM-26 processing. However, chances are if that roll is shot, you'll spend $50 for processing and get very poor images as a result, or maybe no image at all. Film chemistry just isn't that stable, and the ability to be light sensitive is lost over time. That's why films used to have an expiration date stamped on the box. The one exception is if it's been frozen for years.

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Bryan Chernick
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 654
From: Bothell, WA, USA
Registered: Mar 2010

posted February 27, 2018 11:09 PM

Don’t send film to a Rocky Mountain Film Lab, they have been out of business for years. Their web site is still up and I believe they will still take your money but you won’t get anything in return.

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Ty Reynolds
Film Handler

Posts: 93
From: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Registered: Nov 2015

posted February 28, 2018 10:11 AM

There's a lab is Saskatchewan that specializes in processing outdated film:

https://www.filmrescue.com/

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Bill Brandenstein
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1632
From: California
Registered: Aug 2007

posted February 28, 2018 03:10 PM

Ooops, thank you, Bryan! I shoulda known that!

Spectra here in North Hollywood, CA, will process this film also.

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Rob Young.
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1633
From: Cheshire, U.K.
Registered: Dec 2003

posted February 28, 2018 04:53 PM

Yes, and given that this film stock was never very good in the first place, added to the fact that it is probably at least 20 years out of date...

I shot type G as a teenager and whilst the faster speed helped in low light, the extra grain and awful colour was disappointing even then, and we're talking the '80s.

[ March 01, 2018, 01:13 AM: Message edited by: Rob Young. ]

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