S8 Booster

I do not think so - as of yet at least - from memory I seem to recall being forwarded to the Super8 Lab in NL when I asked them to process my Provia. Not 100% sure but I think I am right.

R

The Super8 Reversal Lab in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, processes S8 & E6 as far as I know - they processed a S8 Fuji Provia F400 special batch E6 processing for me. No idea about their capacity though.

http://www.super8.nl/english/e_index.htm

R

Same with me - all the way back to 1980 or so. High number of films shot.

Never had a problem except a minor single blue flash/pattern occourance one or two times.

R

Not bulletproof is that it could not help heavy jitter with the Provia 400F carts tested on more cams. However, bad PRO8 perfs may be one reason for this and it does not fit my Canon 1014 XLS very well. Causes occational jamming due to too tight tolerances.

Below you can check out a clip originally not intended for public use.

The jumpiness is a projector artifact. Used a non gate adjusted RUSS projector for trash transfer.

This is s double exposure with a slightly offset 2. take.

For steadiness examination the lines over lines steadiness will be the measure.

Severly underexposed but only made for own verification - not posting. Anyway here it is. It is a 5 sec clip repeated 4 times.

ftp://ftp.filmshooting.com/upload/video/mov/NR10s.mov 6+mb.

The mod made to allow full operation of the stop pin: Not actual plate but this is how it looks. Special steel colour marker is added to the stop pin prior to cart + PP insertion but no film should be in thie gate, The stop pin will "print" where it hits the plate and it is possible to make the mod. Ideally only a narrow slot or 2 holes (there are 2 pins - one for FW and one for RW operation) should/could have been made but I removed this entire section to ensure compability.

R

Are we not supposed to use the pressure plate with a Nikon R-10 because it can damage some internal film gate component on the Nikon R-10?

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It will not be damaged but there is a huge misfit (stop pin will not operate properly) and it may worsen the result.

I modified mine to allow the stop pin to operate properly and the result was amazingly good verified through a double exposure of a test image.

R

You can download samples here:

http://www.andecfilm.de/html/demo-bildstand_eng.htm

Having tested it quite a bit it is not bulletproof.

R

You may want to take a closer look at the Elmo Album focus free S8 camera which has 2-in-1 lenses; one 8.6 - 18mm zoom that can be flipped away to reveal a second Super Wide angle 4.6mm lens. Handy and excellent camera.

You may take a look here: http://home.pacbell.net/mnyberg/super8mm/super8_26.html

This camera builds over the same concept but the Album is pretty much more compact and neat and easily slips into a pocket.

Then you are not limited to a focal length of the rather narrow 10mm and it can be bought for a few bucks. Performs beautifully.

Elmo Album:

R