8mm Forum: Super 8 Film in Single 8 Cartridge?

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Posted by Karl Mendonca (Member # 2702) on August 20, 2011, 03:23 AM:

I was wondering whether it's possible to load Super 8 into a Single 8 cartridge. I really like the ability to rewind and double expose, but it's getting hard to find labs that will process Single 8 quickly and reliably these days.

Karl

Posted by Oscar Iniesta (Member # 1731) on August 20, 2011, 07:05 AM:

Yes you can do it. It is the same film format. You will ooad between 12 and 14 meters per cartridge depending of film base. I have read a lot about this in spanish forum member´s post. Single 8 fans do that to get their desired emulsion. Someone used a cheap Fujica AX100 to make a motorised rewinder, just sawing a side to get the film enter the cartridge. You click the button and the film is being winded. I have seen a manual version made by one of them on ebay.

Posted by Karl Mendonca (Member # 2702) on August 20, 2011, 01:07 PM:

Oscar, thanks for the info. Do you have any links that outline the process? I can Google to translate the Spanish forum pages, so those would do as well.

Posted by Joerg Polzfusz (Member # 602) on August 22, 2011, 06:44 AM:

Here's a Spanish "How to fill DS8 into Single8-carts"-video:
http://www.vimeo.com/7795956

But you could also simply get "RetroX" (B/W) or one of the different "Cinevia" (colour-reversal e6) to have filled carts that could be processed at any lab:
http://film.club.ne.jp/english/eng_single8_film2003.htm

Jörg

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