shooting reg 8 for 16mm projection

[gg]

hey. i am interested in shooting a film on reg 8 stock but projecting on 16 so that you get the four frames visible. i have seen this done before but the problem i am having in figuring it out is how to get both sides of the film moving forward. i understand that when you flip the film over, you have to turn the camera upside down to get both sides the same side up but that still doesnt help solve the problem that one end will be moving in the opposite direction so everything will be backwards. i have seen films where it works and others where the other side does move backwards. any help would be great! thanks

[Yemi]

Interesting.

I'm not certain but you might be able to acheive the result with a Bolex Rex H8. You shoot the first half of the regular 8mm as usual then you flip the film to shoot the second half......

BUT you then close the variable shutter and run the film close to the end of the second half. Using a hand crank or electric motor you run the film in reverse, with the camera upside down.

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Yemi

[walter]

The Leicina 8SV camera also has the motor driven backward filming option. There is only one speed available for backward filming - 16fps. Unfortunately the automatic lightmeter does not work when filming backward so you will have to set appreture manually in this case.
The procedure is exactly like Yemi wrote. First do one half of the regular-8 film, then change the film rolls as usual with regular-8. Afterwards attache the lens cap and run the film fully forward near to the end. Remove the lens cap and do the second half of the regular-8 film with camera upside down and gear-switch to REVERSE.
The Leicina 8SV is a very reliable and steady high quality camera made by Leitz Germany in the 60th. It works with 4 AA batteries and one 1.35V microcell which is still available. You can get a Leicina 8SV almost every week at E-Bay for not more than 30 EURO!
Good luck, let us know your results (my 16mm projector is broken so I can not test the procedure now)!
Walter

[David M. Leugers]

Don't forget to instruct the lab to NOT slit your film after processing. :?

[Regular 8 Freak]

Very Interesting! 8)