Loading 100 ft Camera spools (16mm) myself

[mrmatta]

I have a few thousand feet of 16mm color neg stock on 400ft rolls. I would love to spool some of it onto 100ft rolls to use in my Filmo 70HR.

Is there any reason why I couldn't/shouldn't do this myself??? I have spare 100ft camera spools with boxes and a set of 16mm rewinds. My guess is that I could spool the 400ft onto an empty 400ft roll in a dark room and then rewind the film onto 100ft rolls.

Seems simple. Am I missing something obvious??

Thanks for any help.

[mattias]

it's that simple. watch out for static discharges though, and make sure you don't wind the film on one side of the spool only. it needs to be wound from side to side to allow daylight loading. oh, and a split reel for the core load would also be a good idea.

/matt

[Nigel]

The keycodes will be backwards if you just spool it on.

You should go:

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Good Luck

[audadvnc]

Instead of respooling to 100' loads you could save yourself the trouble and get a 400' magazine for your Filmo. You can buy them on eBay for about $30.

[mattias]

The keycodes will be backwards if you just spool it on.

yes, but since it's neg stock and thus single perf you can't do that anyway.

/matt

[mattias]

Instead of respooling to 100' loads you could save yourself the trouble and get a 400' magazine for your Filmo.

or you can spool onto smaller loads and save yourself the trouble of lugging around a huge camera. :-)

/matt

[Nigel]

Pardon me Mattias but I see no mention of Singel-Perf in his statement.

Good Luck

[mattias]

me neither, but is there double perf negative other than as a special order? i thought even the black and white negative stocks had been discontinued as double perf. it doesn't matter either way though since what *is* mentioned is that he's already planning on tranferring to an empty core and rewinding onto the spools. :-)

/matt

[Nigel]

Just in case you are shooting in the USA anytime soon. Kodak does still supply Double Perf film--practically every stock is made in 1R & 2R. Fuji on the other hand supplies 2R by special request.

Good Luck

[mattias]

thanks. i didn't know.

/matt

[mrmatta]

Thanks for all of the help. My plan was already to spool onto another 440ft roll and then rewind onto 100ft roll, hence:

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Glad to confirm that this will work and keycodes should remain correct.

As far as the 400ft. mag for my Filmo, I have one but I am of the understanding that I need the electronic motor to pull that much film through the camera. The motor seems very rare. I've seen several in auctions with a complete Filmo package but I don't need a whole package, kinda defeats the purpose of having a cheap camera.

Again, thanks to all.