eBay: Just bought my first DS8 Scoopic! :)

[Cranium]

Just when I was thinking of selling mine, Rogar goes and gets one. Maybe I'll keep it around to see what you come up with!
I'd love to be able to use my 6-90 on that thing.

As far as DS8 film, Schwind seems to be the best price across the board. For "messing around" check out the Fomapan B&W. $15 for 100' raw, $17 to process and slit at wood's.
$32 bucks for 200' of S8. Nice.

And Roger, I'm not sure, but check the pins on the connector by the grip. I'm not sure, but I think one may be spitting out the flash sync. Mine was modded w/ a screw connector on the body, really close to that jack. Looks like they may have tapped a line from there.

[rollemfilm]

The Canon DS8 had an optoinal sync output. "Optasound" i think it was called. the Scoopic MS had optional crystal. i don't know if you can crysatal the DS8 or not.

[Cranium]

Right, but this isn't the opatsound. That's up top, near the battery compartment.

[Actor]

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Do you mean that Cinechrome is actually K25 that has been repackaged and is made by Kodak as well?
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That's my understanding. Kodak sells K25 to re-spoolers like John Schwind who then markets it as Cinechrome 25. Re-spooled Ektachrome 125 becomes Cinecolor 125 and Plus-X 50 becomes Cine-X 50. In this way Kodak distances itself from the re-spooler's product. If you have problems with re-spooled film your gripe is with the re-spooler, not Kodak.

I'm pretty sure that's the way things are. The way to confirm it would be to ask John Schwind or some other re-spooler. It sounds reasonable though because Schwind has been circulating his petition to have Kodak continue making K25. If he had another source, why would he care?

These are the only three emulsions that Kodak makes available to the re-spoolers by the way.

[Actor]

Here's a link that might be of interest:

Kokak:16mm Films with Double 8mm Perforations

[MovieStuff]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=2 face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><table border="0" width="90%" bgcolor="#333333" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="100%"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#FF9900"><tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><font size=2 face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Actor:

That's my understanding. Kodak sells K25 to re-spoolers like John Schwind who then markets it as Cinechrome 25. </font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></BLOCKQUOTE>

Hmmm. Then I wonder why he also lists K25 double super 8?

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The way to confirm it would be to ask John Schwind </font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></BLOCKQUOTE>

I agree but I've left a couple of messages and he hasn't returned my call. I'll maybe try emailing him and see if he'll respond to that. Of course, he may just be out of town or something. Thanks for the info.

Roger

[TA 152]

This reference is from the Kodak WEB on 8mm (DR8) film:

http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/super8/tip.shtml#16t


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While Eastman Kodak Company has not supplied (standard) 8mm movie film for many years, from time to time we do get requests for this format. We are aware of vendors that continue to supply the format, please contact them concerning availability and pricing.

Prep Film Service
21940 Cumberland Drive
Northvale, MI 48167
(80-793-3456 John Schwind
P.O. Box 1233
Dixon, CA 95620
(707) 678-2942

Providing names does not imply recommendation by Eastman Kodak Company nor reflect upon the quality of the products or services offered. </font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></BLOCKQUOTE>

R

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ October 15, 2002 12:40 AM: Message edited by: S8 Booster ]</font>