Making a print off a tape spliced super 8 short?

[mattias]

does the mag tape care which side the emulsion is on? can't you just glue it to the side the sound head expects to find it on?

[MrObvious]

Maybe the sound stripe won't adhere as well to the "wrong" side?

Marc S.

[MovieStuff]

There are two types of magnetic striping. The most common is the tape kind. However, Kodak used a more superior magnetic liquid type when they made their film stocks. When Kodak used to make prints, they had to cut a small groove for the sound track in the emmulsion so the magnetic bead would adhere.

I am currently talking with Kodak in an attempt to get them to revive their Kodachrome print service. I think the ability to make high quality prints on sound stock would go a long way toward facilitating super 8 projection again.

Roger

[devidmicheal]

Contact printing works very well for a splicing tape well done, but the visual impression does not work. A sense of touch provides evidence of splicing. A visual impression will be referred to it.