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


 - posted February 27, 2018 02:09 PM      Profile for Alex Wilson   Email Alex Wilson   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
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

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From: Berlin, Germany
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 - posted February 27, 2018 02:30 PM      Profile for Oliver F. R. Feld     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
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
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From: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Dec 2014


 - posted February 27, 2018 02:35 PM      Profile for Mathew James   Email Mathew James   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
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
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From: London, UK
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 - posted February 27, 2018 02:35 PM      Profile for Brian Fretwell   Email Brian Fretwell   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
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
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From: Berlin, Germany
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 - posted February 27, 2018 03:04 PM      Profile for Oliver F. R. Feld     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Brian,
You are absolutely right!

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Bill Brandenstein
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From: California
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 - posted February 27, 2018 03:07 PM      Profile for Bill Brandenstein   Email Bill Brandenstein   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
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
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From: Bothell, WA, USA
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 - posted February 27, 2018 11:09 PM      Profile for Bryan Chernick   Email Bryan Chernick   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
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
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From: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Registered: Nov 2015


 - posted February 28, 2018 10:11 AM      Profile for Ty Reynolds   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
There's a lab is Saskatchewan that specializes in processing outdated film:

https://www.filmrescue.com/

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Bill Brandenstein
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 - posted February 28, 2018 03:10 PM      Profile for Bill Brandenstein   Email Bill Brandenstein   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
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.
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From: Cheshire, U.K.
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 - posted February 28, 2018 04:53 PM      Profile for Rob Young.     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
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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