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Has anybody else ever noticed there are Double-Eight cameras that are somewhat bigger than others, bigger than necessary for housing 25-ft. spools? Those little spools have a standard diameter of a tad over two inches or 52 mm. Most cameras have a body which encases the spools with enough room around them but not too much. A few, though, have ample space to basically accomodate, well, the next bigger size 50-ft. spools. To name one, the Agfa Movex Reflex, I got the impression it could have been planned at some time to release the camera as a fifty-footer. The take-up spindle would need to be shifted only by a millimeter or two, the feed spindle around 8 mm. Another model I suspect the planners envisioned to be a middle-size model is the Heurtier FA 8. Then the Nizo FA 3. There are more worth an investigation.
Native 50-ft. spools cameras are the GIC-Morex-Photo Hall 8, the Pathé Lido 8, the Fairchild Cinephonic and professional sound model (prestriped stock), and maybe a few others that escaped my attention. 100-ft. spools are taken by two ELMO models and the Paillard-Bolex H.
I find it interesting to understand that the hardly known spool size of 71 mm diameter or 2.8" sleeps in a number of cameras. Often a guiding or dividing element would have to be removed or replaced by something smaller in order to make room for 50-ft. spools. Anyway, the double length of film loadable seems to be an asset. Which models can you think of having this dormant capability?
Native 50-ft. spools cameras are the GIC-Morex-Photo Hall 8, the Pathé Lido 8, the Fairchild Cinephonic and professional sound model (prestriped stock), and maybe a few others that escaped my attention. 100-ft. spools are taken by two ELMO models and the Paillard-Bolex H.
I find it interesting to understand that the hardly known spool size of 71 mm diameter or 2.8" sleeps in a number of cameras. Often a guiding or dividing element would have to be removed or replaced by something smaller in order to make room for 50-ft. spools. Anyway, the double length of film loadable seems to be an asset. Which models can you think of having this dormant capability?
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