Premium Member Jeremy Cavanagh Posted April 14, 2014 Premium Member Share Posted April 14, 2014 Do Kodak still make their carts or do they outsource them. BTW. Can anyone tell me how widespread perforators for S8 are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joerg Polzfusz Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 BTW. Can anyone tell me how widespread perforators for S8 are? I suppose that Kodak still has got one of them. :blink: Filmotec offers to perforate 35mm-film as 35-8 mm Type S, 5R (1-3-5-7-0). Foma still offers and perforates their own DS8-film (that can be easily turned into S8). Not sure whether Pro8mm, Spectra, Retro8 and Kahl can perforate film on their own. However at least GK and Wittner have got perforators and splitters. Not sure if there are any other perforators... . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Cunningham Posted April 15, 2014 Author Share Posted April 15, 2014 I suppose that Kodak still has got one of them. :blink: Filmotec offers to perforate 35mm-film as 35-8 mm Type S, 5R (1-3-5-7-0). Foma still offers and perforates their own DS8-film (that can be easily turned into S8). Not sure whether Pro8mm, Spectra, Retro8 and Kahl can perforate film on their own. However at least GK and Wittner have got perforators and splitters. Not sure if there are any other perforators... . Spectra and Pro8mm both have simple machines that cut and perf 35mm film into 3 strips of super 8. Generally, these machines are optimized for loads of 1000ft. I've worked with Pro8mm on loads as small as 100Ft. However, you loose a few feet in the process so you end up with more like 46-48 feet rather than a full 50ft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Cunningham Posted April 15, 2014 Author Share Posted April 15, 2014 These are courtesy Pro8mm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Will Montgomery Posted April 15, 2014 Premium Member Share Posted April 15, 2014 Very cool shot. Will Spectra run film that I supply and if so would it save any money? I have a fridge full of 35mm sitting around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joerg Polzfusz Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Thanks. GK's devices (which are using unperforated 35mm-film) are shown in this PDF: http://www.gkfilm.de/de/8_berichte/Cine_8-16_14_-_GK-Film.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joerg Polzfusz Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 One of Wittner's devices: http://www.wittner-kinotechnik.de/neu/grafiken/2008/hfc-ir-3_g.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Cunningham Posted April 15, 2014 Author Share Posted April 15, 2014 One of Wittner's devices: http://www.wittner-kinotechnik.de/neu/grafiken/2008/hfc-ir-3_g.jpg Looks like it's the same as Pro8mm's... just with one more reel so it can get the 4th strip from non-perffed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Cunningham Posted April 15, 2014 Author Share Posted April 15, 2014 Very cool shot. Will Spectra run film that I supply and if so would it save any money? I have a fridge full of 35mm sitting around. I don't know about Spectra... should give them a call. Pro8mm once did, but doesn't seem to anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member andy oliver Posted April 15, 2014 Premium Member Share Posted April 15, 2014 the future for super 8 (imo) will be re-perfed stock from Wittner or Pro8. I feel kodak will pull the plug in 2015, 50 years after the film was introduced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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