Changing film mid-cartridge

[sharonhardy]

Hi, since super 8 film is housed in those cartridges, is it okay to remove film mid-cartridge and then replace later? Thanks!

[Matt Pacini]

I've done this hundreds of times, and never had a problem, although it always makes me nervous, and once I open a cartridge out of the package, I shield it from the light as much as I can, and if I pull one out of the camera, I do the same, then put it back in it's box as soon as possible.
I can imagine if it were sitting there, with direct light shining into the opening, there just HAS to be some fogging going on at some point!

Matt Pacini

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ January 04, 2003 02:03 PM: Message edited by: Matt Pacini ]</font>

[Roget]

Absolutely. Just run the camera for a couple of seconds before removing the cartridge and after reinserting it. A small section of film in and around cartridge window will be overexposed to the point of ruin, but the film inside the cartridge won't. The amount ruined in a silent cartridge (which is all we've got these days) will probably be around a foot or two.