christos polychronopoulos

In the end i never recovered my reels ... Unfortunately.

well as Andries says its been a loooong time since my Paypal payment so opening a dispute is not an option. Then as Graham and JD mention it is very unprofessional to not reply and simply disappear . Im afraid but even in the worst of cases the right thing to do would be to have some friend or family arrange these kind of situations. If i had a person with the possibility of going around his place i would do that without a thought. Nobody s talking of going around scaring people of course, just ringing a doorbell and asking politely for a solution, even helping out by recovering the reels yourself. I really don't see something bad with that. (ill take the chance and mention that if anybody from the group lives close by and can do that for me , they can bet the next couple of rounds in the pub are on me! :) )

Many thanks to everybody , your advice has been very helpful. I thought maybe its a good idea to comment here on the current status of my situation with Bart. A few days after my post here , he replied my emai saying that he had been really unwell and , if I'm not mistaken, hospitalised . He said he remembered my reels and that i haven't lost them and he that i should have them in 2-3 weeks. That was on October 7th 2015. Needless to say i haven't received my reels yet. Also his mail has gotten back to its previous status.. mails bounce back etc. 2 of the reels were surfing action inserts that i had to use for a small commercial.. I had to apologise to my client, go out and plan another shooting day , costs on me of course, and most likely i won't be getting any more gigs from this client. The third reel was footage of my newborn daughter . I guess there is no need to explain the sentimental value of that reel. I know its not a good thing to kick a man when he s down and i can understand that falling ill can cause delays etc . At the end of the day i knew i wasn't contacting a massive business that is not depending on one person to come through but , well , to put it as nice as humanly possible it is the most unprofessional behaviour i have ever encountered in the film emulsion world . If anybody has figured out a way to contact him or his family to try and recover my reels i would be more than thankful! Thanks guys!

yeah of course I've tried calling and Graham is right, none of the numbers works … I guess you re right, i have to go through paypal and hope for the best thanks guys!

Hi George, when you say ¨normal email¨ maybe I'm lucky & you mean some email address other than their @bluecinetech.co.uk ? If so, could you possibly send me that email address? it could be a lifesaver! Thanks

Hi to all! I have a massive problem with BlueCineTech these days! Any help/advise would be very welcome.. I ve been buying stock from him for years now.. some delays here and there and some flaws in the communication but overall ok since it was always super8 things and not always really urgent/important. I sent him 3 rolls (2 Vision3, 1 TriX) to process around May-June …. He delayed a lot so i sent him an email letting him know that I'm about to move to another country so in the case he hasn't shipped yet he should ship to my new address… He received that email all right, but no reply.. long story short we´re in October and my 3 rolls of super8 have just disappeared. I still have some people checking out my old address so there s no way film s been delivered there. All emails to him bounce back, phone doesn't work etc…. Anyone in the group has an idea of alternative ways of contacting him or who i should speak to in London to take legal action? Thank you very much

Hi David, thanks for all the info, i have an 814 AZ electronic back home in Greece that i haven´t used since 2002 (with kodachrome 40) and was trying really hard to remember how the filter annulation thing worked. You see i want to shoot some ektachome 100D there this summer and was trying to figure out if i need to travel with a canon 518 that i have here in Spain or not (of course id prefer not to and work my 814) . i got a little lost when you mentioned that the ektachrome would push the filter in and then back out.. So, what is the situation? on a proper functioning 814 , inserting the 100D cartridge is the filter disengaged ? if not, can i still disengage it manually using the switch? It would be really helpful if you could help me out with this since i dont have the camera in my hands and when i will , well, it will be too late! :) Many thanks Christos

hi Dallas maybe you find the user manual for the 518 useful i found it here: http://www.mondofoto.com/manuals/canon-autozoom-518/canon-autozoom-518.html best christos