Reloadable 50ft. cartridges

[Vespasian]

I don't know if these guys are still in business because they didn't get back to me, but they actually have loadable super 8 reloading plastic cartridges. When I saw this my mouth dropped. They look FU*$in COOL! Imagine if the had reloadable sound cartridges! You can take those 200ft rolls of Kodachrome 25 sound film and load them into 50ft at a time into one of these babies and BAM!! sound film in a reusable cartridge.

I heard what Pedro said about those 200ft rolls though. That sucks! So Pedro if you read this even if you could that 200ft roll film into a sound cartridge it wouldn't work right?

There is a way to reload film into cartridges like thes reloadable ones. It's called a BACKWINDER they work great!!

Oh ya here is the link to those reloading cartridges:
http://olexcamera.freeyellow.com/start.html

It's under Accessories.

Tell me what you guys think.

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[Vespasian]

This guy got back to me today. Yes they are still up and running, and I think he might be interested in making reloadable sound film cartridges. I am pretty sure that all he has right now is the regular reloadable 50ft. cartridges, but he assured me that they can be reloaded several times. He also has a page on his website detailing how to load the cartridge. PEDRE PLEASE MAN, I need to know if this would even be worth doing. Smoebody please let me know. If you could actually get reloadable sound cartridges, would the Witter Kodachrome 25 200ft rolls of sound film be worth loading?

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[#Pedro]

There are definitively NO reloadable sound cardriges around. Only the Russian silent ones. And even if they were... who would process the film afterwards, in a cardrige other than standard? Only Kodak labs process Kodachrome, right?
The reloadable carts are made for self-developing, basicly for b/w films you process at home. Kodachrome process cannot be handeled at home. And processing is just included in the price of a 200 ft roll, IF the roll is returned complete, uncutted as it was sold.
Sorry - but I think we have to keep realistic, with both feet on the earth.
The only way would be to design a "simple" 200 ft cardrige that does not need any camera modifications and fit in any camera that once had accepted Kodak 200 ft carts.
Then we could integrate into the established process of purchasing and processing complete 200 ft rolls.

ROGER: Did you never think about such a cardrige? Using the same system like Kodak did, but without spring and without coaxial design? Sprocket drive driven by camera friction and braked by the film, coming out of the camera?s capstan drive? DC-motor for winding? It would be feasible.

Pedro

Pedro

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[This message has been edited by #Pedro (edited January 21, 2002).]

[Matt Pacini]

I know this isn't what this thread is about, but this keeps popping up from time to time, so I thought I'd mention it.

Processing is not included when you buy Super 8 film in the U.S.
I guess it's just a European thing...

Matt Pacini

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[mcarter4121]

I got one of those slitters shown below the carts.

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[Vespasian]

Yeah I guess if they still made 200ft rolls of Ektachrome sound film, it would be feaseable.

Hey Pedro is it possible to get film striped with only the main track, and still be able to record sound from a projector, or an editor. Would the sound be messed or with this be okay. Would I have to get the balance strip too?

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[#Pedro]

Hey Vespasian: Most projectors only support the main stripe, only hi-end stereo sound models can handle the balance stripe.
The problem is the pan focus from left to right: with very fast lenses (1:1,1) it may happen, that you won?t be able to focus the whole film area, as the sound stripe makes the film thicker at one side and it passes tilted thru the gate.
Projectors with pressure plate towards the lens (like in cameras) don?t have this problem.
Pedro

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