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by AziTheGreat
Thu May 01, 2003 2:57 am
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: home developing
Replies: 15
Views: 4329

I've done the reversal process using the potassium dichromate/sulfuric acid bleach, and it's worked very well, but due to the difficulty and expense of obtaining sulfuric acid, I started to look into alternatives. I read one article that suggested the following alternative formula for the bleach ...
by AziTheGreat
Wed Apr 23, 2003 3:38 am
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: Help! WHere do I get film?
Replies: 4
Views: 1260

You can also order directly from Kodak by calling 1-800-621-FILM. these are the films they sell; I've used Tri-X for black and white and Kodachrome 40 for color, and I've enjoyed the look of both.

also, looking at Kodak's list of labs , it seems there's a Super 8 lab in Massachusets that processes ...
by AziTheGreat
Sun Mar 30, 2003 4:16 am
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: What's up with the jitter-thing?
Replies: 65
Views: 35346

I'm a student filmmaker, about to embark on my first film project using Super 8. Today I went to the camera shop, thoroughly excited about buying the three carts of K40 that I'd need. I'd shot some Tri-X before on family vacations, but this was different. Very exciting.

The problem, however, is ...
by AziTheGreat
Fri Mar 28, 2003 6:41 am
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: Long exposures?
Replies: 4
Views: 1280

Long exposures?

Currently I'm thinking about a project that would involve shooting long exposures (like anywhere from 5 to 30 seconds per frame) in low light, for a sort of time lapse effect. I was wondering if...well, basically if that's even possible, and if so, what kind of S8 camera would be able to do that ...
by AziTheGreat
Mon Mar 10, 2003 9:04 pm
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: Super 8 advertising in today's world?
Replies: 53
Views: 21166

Film is losing ground to video on many fronts. That's one if the reasons, in my opinion, that Kodak is still making S8 film stock: 16 and 35mm are often too expensive for the enthusiast filmmaker, and if it weren't for S8, many of them would use video. Kodak has S8 out there to hook students and ...