Andries Molenaar

The camera has a standard 2.5mm jackplug connector. This will allow using a standard yesteryear remote control. There are plenty old production wired remote-controls. Even 30 years ago there were radio or infrared controlled controls to with a 2.5mm plug. There is one from Polaroid and there is a Elmo version. There are also new production offerings of which some can do 2.5mm plug. Wireless is near default these days. :) The problem with the 4008 cameras is that the remote switches the power-supply and thus the auto-exposure cannot be relied on (no problem) and the camera just stops where ever it is and frequently it will stop with the shutter open. Spoiling the frame and its neighbour frames. This is really ugly and must be cut out. There is a really rare Beaulieu accessoire which will overcome this. This goes on the drive axis and has some extra notches and switches to make it stop with shutter in closed neutral position.

You could also ask the lab... I read/heared here that Pac-Lab is good and certainly would want to know when they are at center of something goging not so well.

Seems like a defect in the chemistry or timing of procedures. :( It looks a bit like poor bleaching as I had this once when experimenting DIY processing and overused the bleachbath . I got the same kind of deposits on areas of a certain density. Looked funny but the film was certainly far from expected. :)

If the original compartment is still there, I thought pro8 sealed them off, with the contacting springblades you could indeed find an 'original' battery. From Wittner or used market. If there is only a connector on the camera you likely are best off installing a batteryclip/pack of 6 AAA on top or at the bottom. Then wire this to the connector. This is likely the cheapest method and would still get around 500mAh. They took off the grip and the lenscontrols didn't they while 'improving' the camera? You might just as well get a 2nd camera in original condition. Much better for shooting from hand. :)

Please elaborate a bit more on first the really practical suggested use of eyepiece chamois on a camera without an eyepiece cup. Copying Mitch Perkins instructions without reference is a bit lame and is not really practical to OP's question. This R10 there was modified furhter with the grip taken off and the camera on a tripod and-or dolly. Quiet contraire to fixing it to a bicycle. Check the FriendlyFire website. If it is still open. Also nice was the other Nikon there with the shutter removed which produced funny night-scenes. OP better measures the diameter of the eyepiece and starts looking for possible fitting eyecups. BTW Using and risking a Special with lens on a bicycle in an art-like-2001-odessey attempt with 3 sec exposures is a bit odd. It certainly is not depending on the high quality optics of the machine and a $100 Nizo will do just as well. These can handle external power-supply too and does B-timed expsoure.

Don't make things more complicated than they are. The aperture dial of your camera with a fixed lens is already compensating for the light-loss to the viewfinder. So just measure the light using a F4 or a exposure meter and calculate the aperture for the exposure-time and film ISO rating and all will be well. How could the camera expose correctly otherwise? How could consumers end-users use manual exposure if there was undocumented light loss?

Hmm, A camera without a lens or eyecup is still a very nice camera? Leicina accessoiries are rare. A eyecup and Optivaron just auctioned off at ebay last month. And that was after many months of hardly any Leicina goods. The ST-1 is somewhat more frequent. The recommended chamois thing simply does not work as you must have a rubber eyecup to fit the chamios on. Even when you would have the original eyecup the chamois are all too big as these are intended for modern video eyepieces with really big cups around them. The Leicina cup is really verry small. All S8 camera eyecups must be extended before they can support standard chamois. Maybe one of these could be of interest? http://www.filmtools...p2-28mm-ef.html :) Otherwise use Leica M-lenses while waiting to find a Optivaron or Cinegon. The forehead rest is a very simple method of holding the camera much stiller then using a pistolgrip on its own. Nothing wrong with it and other topmodels like ZC-1000 have the same thing. Using the camera without the batteryholder and using a ST-1 on a cable as powersupply is just stupid. As if the bare metal rims and the ST-1 dangling from it are comfortable.

Yeah right, a bulb costs like $200 so selling the machine at $50 is plain stupid. These top-models from top-brands will fetch a good price. Even with one-week auctions on eBay. Unless you dump the goods somewhere close-by selling them will mean you have to pack and ship them. Distance makes no difference then.

Not sure but you may get parts from a lower model from Bauer of the same age? Then you could see how it is built and use the parts to revive the gate with springs of the better top camera A512 :)

It seems the camera in the top picture was given an extra hole to allow it use lenses of both types. To my knowledge it is not standard factory work . So, about what you proposed. There is plenty play in the size of the hole so drilling one extra cannot be too difficult. Make sure your drill does go through and jumps into the camera behind it :) Drill at your own risk. Taking off the pin on the lens may be easier.

EM-26 is 30-40 years ago and its development must have been even longer ago. E6 is so much easier to apply and much more flexible in its use. People like it as E6 works nicely on single-8 or other materials which used to need proprietary preparations or processes. Apparently many processes relied on the same chemical components or the components do about the same thing. You have a lot of demands on materials you don't use yourself, like super-8 and single-8 or polaroids. You seem to have missed out on the gene for enjoyment and the one for let others do what they want or enjoy. Unfortunately you received double on the wise-guy and cliff-clavin genes.

Fuji Single-8 can be processed in E6. Works OK. Retro-8 does the same on the express process for Single-8. Removing the backing is a bit of pain. And the backing may flake in the process baths. :( Which makes them less suitable for another round. But with proper filtering it can done. Just don't let the film dry without wiping off the water and deposits. I believe Fuji removes the backing in advance of the developer. Kodak does/did the same with their materials. The differences between E6 and EM26 are best detailed by mr Baumgarten :)

Beautiful and all in Japan? I feel a bit of envy :) Japan seems to love silver-based-photography. Darkroom supplies were plentiful and Fuji materials abundant. Even splicing tape etc. All at very modest prices... I.e. one-third of Europe. And then all these direct-finish like materials. All from Fuji. What is the girl with Rolleiflex on the poster for? Advertising for www.ki-re-i.jp

Single8film.com has itself been out off business for years. The guy is into soulsearching now and simply forgets his website. But didn't forget to take the money from the shopping-cart-paypal-account. So stay away there. Retro-8 is stock keeping and delivering nice and quick. Wittner and FFR from germany also just deliver after ordering.

The problem with the cartridge remains when the filmhandling is not altered. For better results it should be looped outside the cartridge and there should be a metal pressure plate. Since a new camera with this feature is unlikely to happen people best divert to the known bunch A-brand-models and have these properly tested/maintained. Especially the pick-up drive friction to stay jitter free and the internal gears to make them run smooth and quiet. Leicina Special or Beaulieu 4/6008 if you want a systemcamera. Otherwise Canon 1014 814, Nikon R10 R8 and few others are fine too. Shooting DS-8 in the few models that exist give a metal plate and longer running times. And it looks cool with the big magazine when on reportage for a wedding and such :) The Beaulieu SD-8 drive should be good for the 6/7/9/008 should be cool too and has a metal plate with a sprocket drive. Wittner has plenty materials for all options. Single-8 in a Fujica ZC1000 should do the trick too.

Shipping and return from Netherlands to Japan and vs worked OK and fast. Japan post is utterly reliable and troubles are certainly caused at your own side. Or improper addressing of course.

Super-8 is 15 meter and you would need a larger LOMO UPB-1 tank. These can be had here and there but not all days. Just keep an eye out and your wallet ready :) The picture is of 10 meter LOMO tank. See the boxing and the rim of the lower half. It is meant for Regular-8 or clips of 16mm. It can take S8 but only 10 meter In the smaller one you would need to clip your 15 meter and you would need to process twice for the two pieces as is has one spiral/deck. The 15 meter version can take two deck. I.e. process two films in one go. You could also consider assembling a tube processor. Or a rack.

Even once per year. Complete nonsense. Do really think people would bring in their camera every year? Nobody buys a consumercamera of equivalent Euro 2000 and then still be required to spend a 400-500 on a yearly lube-job. The maintenace guys who laugh their balls off! The would 1000-s of employees just to handle the cameras coming in and going out. Do you have an idea how many of these there were manufactured? Nizos were designed to be maintenance free. An that is it. The only things that fail are electronics, glued parts or rubber drive belts on the thousand series. Never the gears. Is anybody lubing the electronics?

The vaseline is for the glasspane with the compendium. Not for the interior of the camera. These Nizos are maintenance free. There is no place for lubricating anything. The squeeking comes from the micro drive belts. Don't play around with these. If you break them you are fcuked. :) Finding replacements and getting them in place will be very difficult. The only thing I could imagine is to rinse the belts insutu using natural soap. But you need to keep and make the camera dry before you put in batteries!

The article is old and from july. What McCurry says or a journalist writes has little legal value. Most important is what they have on their own website as public statement. Far better would be if Kodak and Dwayne's would extend the deadline. As there are still zillions of frames of Kodachrome to expose. Which can be a chore if you are not working a daytime job. Who do we need to pester at Kodak? Any clues?

Why are you fulminating about a product you don't want and are not using? Polaroid is no longer a consumer product although shooting it at occasions gives still very good reactions and makes it worth the costs. The Impossible project are evolving their products and the latest BW film gives really nice pictures which look a lot like AZO prints. A reason alone to start with this material! Soon they will have Pak 100 again and apparently big polaroid (8x10 and 20x24) is in the works too. I read somewhere that Polaroid is starting up again the production for Izone or something of that kind. So your wishes are heard. Prices will likely be more affordable. Considering the new S8 camera. It would be difficult to get anything going and sales are likely limited to a few 100. If at all. Somebody ought to start a business and offer refurbish top cameras of the past. I.e. Leicina special, Canon 1014, Nikon R10. Beauliexes Oh, that is allready happening :) Some even charge half the value of car for them. These Agfa Movexooms are really nice too and usually have very low milage. Their housing is very well sealed so little suffering of the environment (cellars, attics, cupboard etc)

Just be glad the film stays in the repertoire. Why so complicated? A splitter will cost like 5-10 Euro and you can send your film anywhere with a top machine The perfs on DS-8 are much smaller then 16mm ones. Do spirits use perfs?

Oh, got further info on a Sunday-evening. :) Wittner has two BW film types and a Fuji reversal color in DS8. They also have Ektachrome 100D in DS-8 I asked them, Wittner, how things would evolve in the future and they answer, on a Sunday-evening!, that Kodak will stop supply of small quantities (20 x 122meter) DS8 but continue to supply rolls of 610 meter which are used for S8 cartridge. Wittner will continue to purchase these long rolls and will supply customers with DS-8 on 30meter rolls. :)

Well, that should allow Wittner to keep the product in their catalog. :) They also have a Velvia in DS8. Plus two BW films. Cinevia should have their version of some Velvia in DS8 (and 16mm, S8, R8?) Seems there is now some real production of it.

So if you need a wide-angle you should find the 5.5mm Fujica or this specal 3.8 (?) . Also the UWL III from Schneider could work as you will not be shooting BW patterns too often. With such dynamic situations a wire-frame viewfinder as used underwater might do the trick. Easy to aim the camera and keep an eye out for people moving about.