Gerard Furber

Nice! That sounds fantastic! I would love to see some of that when it's made. Youtube? The description I have been given of the Perutz film sounds like it would be ideal for your project. Other ones to look out for are old Orwo films if you want HUGE grain and randomly coloured spots.

Go into any Jessops or other camera specialist and ask for a "cable release" and you will get one quite cheaply- they are universal and also used for still photography.

Not sure about that one but the other one (Perutzchrome) I might be able to shed some light on. I am told it gives strong purples and reds which dance around the screen while the image remains sharp with some grain. I have dabbled in outdated films too (mainly old Agfas- got some wonderful results over the summer) but haven't got the spare cash or time at the moment, otherwise I'd be tempted myself!

I think you'll find it is the cable release-socket. You screw in a photographic cable release and this lets you take single-frames. The other socket (on the back of the camera in the case of the CM 400) is for the electronic remote control.

If you want unpredictable I'd go with the outdated stocks. I can't speak for the ones on ebay but the green flashes and flaring on the Dixons film I used were brighter than anything you could get with lighting and a regular film-stock. You can also use acetate pens (like teachers used to use on Overhead-Projector slides) to add your own colour to the film. Random colour stripes can look fantastic- especially if you shoot using black and white film.

It depends on whether you want 'predictable' psychadelic or 'unpredictable/random' psychadelic. There are a couple of outdated 'psychadelic' stocks on ebay listed as 'Exotic Super 8 film cartridge' which might be of interest. I used an old film by Dixons some time ago and it came out with florescant green flashes on a golden coloured picture with occasional red periods. Very strange but worth the £15 processing fee at Super8lab. Unlike anything I have ever seen before. EDIT: That's ebay.co.uk by the way. PS Is it spelled 'psychadelic' or 'psychedelic'?

Ah! That explains why I suddenly was unable to log in! I have sorted it out now. Thanks. Does anyone know if the Movie 25 will take Ektachrome 64T film?