Ektachrome 160 Type-G movie film

[Levi]

Does anyone know where I can get some Ektachrome 160 Type-G movie film processed?

Thanks,
Levi

[Hanthx]

If Im right, Yale film and Labs processes Ektachrome 160.
Every time we talk about Yale, a war begins to brew.
They have some policies, so beware.

Scott

[ekoe]

if my memory serves me well, yale labs processes the 160g the last wednesday of the month only.
i won't knock yale. let's hope their principles regarding quality control and customer service are as haughty as their moral convictions.
-ekoe

[MrObvious]

Is there anywhere else to get this stuff processed?

I actually really like the stock, amazingly enough. I think it has a nice bluish tint, very subtle. Grain isn't that bad either. I know my previous cartridges were developed by Martin Baumgarten in Plattsburgh, but he's not accepting new orders right now.

Anybody?

P.S. I included a bunch of E160 on the test reel that MovieStuff will be transferring to DV using his WorkPrinter. We might be able to convince him to MPG encode for the web to provide a small sample of the quality (obviously not representative of DV)

Marc S.

[Mikko]

www.super8.nl

[Alex]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Courier, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ekoe:
if my memory serves me well, yale labs processes the 160g the last wednesday of the month only.
i won't knock yale. let's hope their principles regarding quality control and customer service are as haughty as their moral convictions.
-ekoe<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


Very well stated!

-Alex

[Matt Pacini]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by MrObvious:
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"Grain isn't that bad either"

(Matt Pacini responds):
I wholeheartedly disagree.
The grain in Ektachrome is absolutely horrible. It looks fine on the little editor, or in a 320x200 window on your computer, but I had the horrifying experience of seeing my film, Lost Tribes projected in a theater (video projection), and the Kodachrome 40 footage looked really good, and then a scene that I shot on Ektachrome 160 or 125 would come on, and I literally sunk in my seat from embarrassment. It looked sooooooo bad, I will never, ever use it again!
Just throw it away & get some K-40, unless you're only going to have your film on the Internet, and nothing else (looks bad on the VCR too).
Matt Pacini

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[MrObvious]

Well... to each his own. I kind of like the grain. But then I'm not stuck on the idea that I'm going to make a feature film and win an oscar with super-8. (Not a dig at you, Matt!)

Incidentally, the Kodak PK-59 mailers say that they are good for Kodachrome or Ektachrome films. Willt he Type G film work? Can you still buy Ektachrome G160?

Marc S.

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[Matt Pacini]

Kodak replaced the Ektachrome 160 with 125.
It's definitely not as grainy, but it's not a huge improvement.
It looks better though, they switched towards the end of my production of LOST TRIBES, and I ended up shooting the 4 Temple Sacrifice Scenes on 125.
It looked much better than the 160 ever would have, especially since I shot at fairly low light, at an F-stop of about 2 to 2.8.

(Actually, I shot with about 6K of lighting, but with the exception of two 650W fresnels directly over the altar, the other lights were heavily filtered with blue gels, which cut a tremendous amount of light out, making it pretty freakin dark for shooting S8!

Matt Pacini

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[GrizeldaFilms]

Type G can be processed through Kodak.You can send it off in a kodak super 8 mailer.
Kodak stoped making the mailers and have no plans to bring them back.
Kodak is not doing very well right now, and I think everyone in this group should choose there words with care. Lets not piss off the last company that still makes super 8 film.
F super 8 sound. They suck.

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