Exotic Super-8 film from Northkorea

Post by **Juergen** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 8:20 pm

Lucky does not produce any 16mm, 8mm, 8,75mm film stock. I asked them 2 weeks ago.

Post by **Angus** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 8:36 pm

I believe you can still buy ORWO branded film but it is no longer manufactured at the old ORWO plant...it's just somebody else's cheap B&W film branded ORWO.

If communications can be opened with the company in NK then perhaps Retro Photographic could be persuaded to sell their films...they do sell Russian and eastern European films as well as Lucky films...

Post by **Mick Peach** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 8:52 pm

Juergen>

http://www.luckyfilm.com/eng/products_1_3.html

Angus>
I think I'm right cos I have 8,000 ft of unperfed 16mm UN54 in my freezer
direct from the factory in Wolfen.
Go check. :oops:
http://www.filmotec.de/English_Site/english_site.html

Regards
Mick

Post by **timdrage** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 9:38 pm

Retro Photographic could be persuaded to sell their films...they do sell Russian and eastern European films as well as Lucky films...

Is the R-8 pictured with Chinese characters on the spool Lucky stock? (here -
http://film.club.ne.jp/item/double8mm.html)
Or just an old Japanese r-8?

Post by **Juergen** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 9:54 pm

Mick,
I know this homepage of Lucky. That was the reason to ask them. They answered: no, they do not produce these film stocks any longer. This was already a topic in another threat.

As far as I know, ORWO films are manufactured elsewhre. ORWO is only a brand name but I will do some research.

Post by **Mick Peach** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 10:22 pm

Juergen,
Thanks for the info on Lucky.
My piont is that why produce a print stock in 8.75mm probably perfed 1-3
for multi print runs?
Who has projectors for that gauge?

As for the Orwo,this from there home page.English version.

"FilmoTec GmbH produces a wide range of high quality photographic film at its factory in Wolfen, Germany, at the site where motion picture film has been manufactured since 1910, and where film has been produced under the ORWO brand ever since 1964."

I can say that this new Orwo is no cheap branded stock.
(At least mine is factory fresh!) :lol:
Hope this helps.
Mick.

Post by **Angus** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 10:34 pm

Mick Peach wrote:Juergen,
Thanks for the info on Lucky.
My piont is that why produce a print stock in 8.75mm probably perfed 1-3
for multi print runs?
Who has projectors for that gauge?

8.75mm was an amateur gauge used in China.

As for ORWO I've read on several sites that it is now just a brand name for other factories' films...but I hope they're still manufacturing.

Post by **Mick Peach** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 10:54 pm

Angus,
I can asure you that the stock I have is the bees knees and from the Orwo
factory in Wolfen Germany and to showw how good it is I will sent you 50ft
of 8.0000mm perforated film free gratis.
So visit the filmotec site and download the data for developing (two versions one for neg and one for reversal UN stands for universal).
Away the lads!

Mick.

Post by **camera8mm** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 2:05 am

Wasnt the film in china specifically made 8.75mm so the chinese who owned the projectors for the 8.75mm film couldnt view an 8mm or super 8 film.
If you do the math you could get four exact 8.75mm strips from 35mm film.

Post by **Will2** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 5:20 am

Mick Peach wrote:Juergen>
I think I'm right cos I have 8,000 ft of unperfed 16mm UN54 in my freezer
direct from the factory in Wolfen.

Is the ORWO stock available in 100' daylight spools and if so how can we order it?

Post by **Angus** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 9:43 am

Maybe the articles we have read about ORWO being just a brand name apply to 35mm stills film? According to the website provided above (assuming it is updated)...ORWO in Wolfen are still manufacturing specialist films including some motion picture film.

Post by **Juergen** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 9:46 am

You are right: the ORWO black and white filmstock is new, it is not produced at Wolfen but in another factory. But it is a special formula of ORWO and it is especially made for ORWO - so it is an unique product.

Post by **Mogzy** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 1:52 pm

Anyone got any progress on the North Korean stuff?

Here's another interesting thing- I can't read Japanese but the Retro Enterprises website seems to have Tasma (TACMA) Standard 8 stock from Russia. I have sent an e-mail to Tasma to ask if they still make the stuff. Their website is all in Russian so I've sent them an e-mail in Russian (using a translation program), English in Cycrillic (Russian Alphabet) and English (Latin alphabet) so hopefully someone will be able to respond.

KACCEMA

Incidentally for those of you using the reloadable cartidges or any other Russian stuff, KACCEMA is "Cassema" in the latin alphabet, CYпEP 8 is "Super 8" and many of the other inscriptions suddenly make sense when translated from the Cycrillic.

Post by **Carlos 8mm** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 3:01 pm

Mogzy wrote:Anyone got any progress on the North Korean stuff?

Here's another interesting thing- I can't read Japanese but the Retro Enterprises website seems to have Tasma (TACMA) Standard 8 stock from Russia. I have sent an e-mail to Tasma to ask if they still make the stuff. Their website is all in Russian so I've sent them an e-mail in Russian (using a translation program), English in Cycrillic (Russian Alphabet) and English (Latin alphabet) so hopefully someone will be able to respond.

Could Tasma or TACMA ISO 50 Std8mm be the old SVEMA/Quartz 50 B&W reversal film?

Retro 8 sells their "Retro -X" ISO 200 B&W reversal film "made in Germany". Maybe Orwo (Kahl 24) film? :?

Post by **jpolzfuss** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 3:33 pm

Angus wrote:Is this stock B&W or colour I wonder? How easy is processing.

If it can be reasonably processed I think we'd all be interested in giving it a go...though 16ASA isn't a cartridge notch, is it?

Hi,

13 Din (= 16 ASA or 16 GOST) is specified as 22.86mm (or 0.9 inches for the gals/guys living in GB or British colonies) for daylight-balanced and as 25.4mm (or 1.0 inches) for tungsten-balanced stock - as shown in this kaccema-manual and in the wiki's nodge-ruler (based on stuff released by Kodak and SMPTE):

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