Over the years, weve seen the rise and fall of onehour photo labs. Turnaround for s8mm developing with a scan is 715 work days from arrival at the lab, archival scans, home movies and films with old splices and other issues are typically 4 8 weeks. Gauge film is a resource dedicated to supporting 8mm and 16mm film in the. The last lab to have the capability to develop this process, duanes, ceased all development in 2010.
Negative film is lower in contrast, offering more detail in shadow. Picture above of my canon 814 xls super 8 movie camera. Everything you ever wanted to know about shooting on super 8mm. Package deals for super 8 please find below discounted rates for package deals, which are combinations of items and services for a discounted rate when ordered at once. If you make a great incamera super 8mm film, straight 8 will get it to cannes. Jake, the film has yet to be used, i am planning on shooting an avantgarde feature film on super 8. Cinelab london is the most comprehensive film lab in the uk, it supports clients who acquire or distribute on film and provides the widest range of film and digital restoration services. With the exception of kodachrome type film which can only be processed into black and white negative, we do have the ability to run color films in color processes. Cinelab 8mm and super 8mm film processing and video. Our core services are super 8 and 16mm film sales, with additional processing and hd scanning, priced very competitively. Kodachrome, as you may know, is the film manufactured, and since discontinued in 2009, by kodak that required a proprietary process to developessentially a secret sauce.
Photographic supplies, film, cameras, albums and frames. How to process vintage kodak kodachrome movie film in. In many cases, this is preferred and authentic to the time, but with our quality scans, these images can be brought back to life with applications like photoshop or try the photo editing application that likely came with your computer. When developing old rolls of film over 12 years past the process date, the colors fade and skew towards magenta. Film photographer anastasia campos is here sharing an awesome stepbystep guide on how to shoot super 8 film. We have a rolling 4 week turnaround and set a deadline every tuesday at 1pm for processingscanning. Films making a comeback, but the brickandmortar neighborhood lab is going extinct. I have just been buying up whatever cheap film i can find on ebay, i have both ektachrome and kodachrome. We are a dedicated team of filmmakers and technicians supplying a muchneeded resource for 8mm and 16mm film making, based in london, uk. Super 8, standard 8 and 16 mm film processing widescreen centre. In recent years super 8 has gradually become more expensive, today you are paying for the film stock, processing these costs keep on going up. The digital file will be emailed to you for downloading and your original film mailed to you on an archival safe reel for future preservation. Developing super8 stock yourself is fun, brings mostly great results and saves a lot of money.
We transfer, copy, and convert super 8 cine film and 8mm cine film to dvd and digital computer files avi. Current super8 colour and blackwhite reversal films are developed every week, excluding on public holidays this in not a guaranty. Developing film at retail and drugstores film return. Its about time the rest of the country got the new yorknew jersey film treatment. Super 8 was cheap for the amateur and hobbyist, today most amateurs and hobbyist are using dslrs. Today, nearly all the big box stores send the film to thirdparty labs, with turnaround time ranging from three to. If the film is relatively new 2000 or later expiry, and was stored frozen the entire time before shooting, you can send an email to martin baumgarten in the usa. He can process kodachrome into a blackandwhite positive that can be projected. The film center down the street did a class on diy super 8 film developing, but unfortunately for me it was booked up before i even knew about it. Everything you ever wanted to know about shooting on super 8mm shares. Bigname drugstores like cvs and walgreens still develop film, but the days of 1hour photo processing are long gone. Super 8, standard 8 and 16 mm film processing widescreen. I also have a super 8 tank which can also be sized to either 8mm or 16mm wide to accommodate for super 8standard 8mm, double 8 16mm and 16mm film. Pro8mm is applauded for being a onestop shop where super 8 film cameras and super 8mm film, processing, digital mastering, and treasured family archival home movies can all be handled by a dedicated staff with decades of experience.
We transfer cine film to digital, for families, archives and museums all over the uk. This is the price list for the processing service of double8, single8, doublesuper8 and super8 of the super8 reversal lab valid from 1st january 2018. Super 8mm film is a motion picture film format released in 1965 by eastman kodak as an improvement over the older double or regular 8 mm home movie format the film is nominally 8mm wide, the same as older formatted 8mm film, but the dimensions of the rectangular perforations along one edge are smaller, which allows for a greater exposed area. Cinelab london is the most comprehensive film lab in the uk, it supports clients who acquire or distribute on film and provides the widest range of film and.
Kodachrome k14 kodachrome k14 films older kodachrome process k11 or k12 kodachrome ii and kodachrome ii type a, made prior to 1977 double 8mm kodachrome is sometimes in a silver dollar sized tin newer ektachrome em26 super 8 cartridges which say em26 on the label. Gauge film is a resource dedicated to supporting 8mm and 16mm film in the united kingdom and europe. Anastasia breaks it all down for us with three easy steps to shooting super 8. Our goal was to create a super 8 camera which is better than the super 8 which we have seen in the past. If you love the analog look of super 8 video but are not sure how to jump into the format, this post is the perfect intro. The fpp now stocks fresh, regular 8mm film and also offers developing and scans of 8mm film as well as super 8 and 16mm film. Super 8 is a us scifi action film, set in 1979, in which a group of young friends witness a train crash that sets in motion a series of mysterious and unnerving events in their small town. Since this blog was first published on july 18, 2018 the film photography project has fully embraced the revival of home movie film. Inexpensive super 8 home processing tank made from pvc. If you have kodachrome film for processing, youve missed the boat having them developed in colour now.
For my double 8mm films i have an old russian developing tank that can be sized to develop 16mm wide double 8 film and 8mm wide for standard 8mm films. Kodaks super 8 film has been around for years, but what is it. Kodachrome in the uk was sold with processing included and that made it much easier to use. For those still shooting on super 8, we offer a processing service to get your films darkroom developed.
If youre posting film to us the day before make sure you send it via special delivery by 1pm. We convert standard 8mm, super8, 16mm, super16 and 9. If half of a 100 foot 16mm spool is blank, it is not discounted. So, for developing 25 year old film, definitely recommended. The super 8 film kit is a modern experience for using super 8 film. With over 40 years of super 8 processing experience our lab procedures are highly evolved for the best handling of small format film. Hi there, ive been home processing ektachrome 64t super 8 film for a while using a arkay g3 rewind tank and a tetenal e6 kit and the results have been pretty good, since they discontinued 64t i picked up some 100d and processed it last night, however the results are mixed and much more erratic t. And as this iconic design also had some changes in the handling of the camera we, for example, added the lcd display the internal hardware changed and all these parts have to be designed and created with a mechanical performance. Camera negative development hd film rushes services arri recording and sound neg recording bulk release printing.
Step by step guide to getting started with super 8 film. Cinelab london the uks leading film processing laboratory. We have a rolling 4 week turnaround and set a deadline every tuesday at 1pm for processing scanning. Most shipping orders will go out same day they are completed or the next day at the latest. I think they were using plain old buckets with the film placed in the bottom, maybe under a green safelight with consistent agitation. Ive heard of people developing rolls in their bathtub because it gives the film a different kind of look. Inexpensive super 8 home processing tank made from pvc drain pipes. Films are dispatched to the lab on friday mornings and processed on the following wednesday.
Super 8, regular or double 8 and 16mm films per 50 feet, that are entirely blank are charged at 35. If the color negative films still have rem jet, then they would not be suitable for home processing. And nice to use it when you want a different black and white film look. Make sure your film arrives before the deadline or you might have to wait longer. They did an awesome job with stuff i found in my grandfathers super 8 camera and sent in a couple of years ago, and they sent back some footage of my 56 year old self feeding my grandfathers dog. I have no information as to how the film was stored. Turnaround for s8mm developing with a scan is 715 work days from arrival at the lab, archival scans, home movies and films with old splices and other issues are typically 48 weeks. Express processing for standard 8mm double 8 bw movie film 72 hr. We offer processing on all current kodak super 8 stocks. In this video i show the process i took to develop a roll of kodak trix super 8 reversal film using caffenol and potassium dichromate reversal bleach, thus doing a film reversal process to making. Lets take a look at this amateur analog format and find out where it came.
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