8mm Forum: The Kodak Presstape Splicer "notched cut"

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Posted by Adrian Winchester (Member # 248) on April 04, 2018, 10:36 PM:

I've always found it annoying to find these splices in 8/16mm films, as to me it seems fundamentally wrong to not entirely cut along the frame line, and create a frame that combines parts of two different images. I was unsure what splicer did this, but I've just found out due to an ebay listing that shows the instruction leaflet of a Kodak Presstape Splicer.

I'm sure Kodak felt there were advantages to this splice so I wondered if anyone actually likes it and feels it has attributes that beat an unobtrusive frame line cut? And do all Presstape splicers do this?

Posted by Nantawat Kittiwarakul (Member # 6050) on April 05, 2018, 05:20 AM:

That might intend to avoid running the cut to the middle of perforation,causing the splice to "hinge" when passing trough the projector and jam/break.

IMHO that's why Kodak place the S8's perforation at the middle of the frame,not the frame line. [Roll Eyes]

Posted by Robert Crewdson (Member # 3790) on April 05, 2018, 07:40 AM:

That's what I didn't like about this splicer. I only used it for either repairing an existing tape splice, or adding leader, if cement didn't work. I've now sold it and bought a CIR splicer.

Posted by Luigi Castellitto (Member # 3759) on April 05, 2018, 04:01 PM:

I agree with Nantawat about the possible reason that pushed Kodak to do this.
I also prefer the Cir (I have both), but because more practical, faster, more than the cut style.
However, the Kodak costs much less, remains a good economic choice, and I have never seen any anomalies in the projection.

Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on April 05, 2018, 04:58 PM:

I just telecined about 6 reels of film for my neighbor. All the reals had been spliced with the Kodak splicer and press tapes. I have to say that visually the transition between each splice was very insignificant.

Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on April 05, 2018, 04:58 PM:

I just telecined about 6 reels of film for my neighbor. All the reels had been spliced with the Kodak splicer and press tapes. I have to say that visually the transition between each splice was very insignificant.

Posted by Joe Vannicola (Member # 4156) on April 06, 2018, 02:11 PM:

I didn't like the Kodak press tape splicer. I particularly didn't like that long piece of metal that sometimes tore a
film spocket. If I use press tape I much prefer the Craig Master Six Splicer. It makes for a better splice, although these days I primarily use my Dr.Catazzo splicer.
In the old days, I used the cement splice method,but with the film cement becoming outdated I switched to tape splice with IMHO better results.

Posted by Bill Phelps (Member # 1431) on April 06, 2018, 03:25 PM:

I have a Kodak Presstape splicer and I use it for regular 8mm and 16mm only. I use a Fuji or Cir/Ciro (not sure which one it is) for super 8. I like the splice to be on the frame line. [Smile]

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