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  • Birthday 12/20/1966

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    got my first 8mm projector from my cinema projectionist father when I was 7. Showed Laurel & Hardy silents on the kitchen table long before I knew what girls were.<br />Joined the London Film Makers Co-op in the Mid 80s, and met a clockwork bolex, but didn't get very far. <br />Spent 12yrs in the food industry by mistake and was made redundant and divorced and sold house at the same time.<br />I went back to college and did a course in documentary (editing, as I eventually want to direct).<br />Bought a super 8 camera last year, then an H16, and started developing my own 16mm B&W reversal films at home (scratch mixing the chemistry). <br />Have just stepped up a league and bought an Arri BL (16mm). My immediate aim, is to get better at lighting and exposure. My existing knowledge is built up around years of amateur stills photography.<br />I don't like digital, or video.... for me.. it has to be film.

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    hi... I'm wondering if you got your rewind tank. There have been a few on ebay over the last couple of months (I was looking too) They have varied in price from £80 down to £27 (the latter went yesterday I think, but it didn;t have the reversal window) I paid £43 for a badly listed one. the usual keywords would have missed it. my searches were things like "G3" (obviously), "Morse tank", "Developing tank". didn't take long to find one. If you have got one now.. then I'd be interested to know how you got on with it. I did 300ft of B&W reversal in mine last week. fancy comparing notes ? Chris (UK)
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    This is an interesting subject. I had a go at deveopling some 16mm B&W reversal at home recently (out dated 7278 given 1/3 stop more exposure). Although the film density was a bit thin, (I'm assuming this as the sprocket area was not black, but more of a darkish grey) the image was great and encouraging. I'm up for some more experimentation in this area. (time consuming as it may be) Reading above about the possible low contrast when processing B&W neg as reversal, will pushing the film a couple of stops increase the contrast? would it be better to push 7231 rather than the faster 7222 stock ? or am I really asking too much of the film here? I'm an experimenter, and so not concerned about the inevitable golf ball sized grains in the emulsion as a result of this. Chris (UK)
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