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You talking about negative film or reversal film? If processed as negative, you have it backwards. I'm sure you've observed that the unexposed rebate area of a 35mm roll of b&w negative film is clear after processing. If processed for reversal, though, you are correct. Look at the unexposed reba...

Oh. Yes, you're right. My apologies.

Still, need to get halation effect on the print. You know any way to do that with direct positive process like Ciba?

Dang, Eric. I thought I was verbose. Say... Didn't you recently take a vow of brevity? Not going too well, eh?

Looks like you're the only one. I would have liked to have filmed regular 8 with my Bolex H8 reflex, but I haven't gotten it all sorted out yet. My lenses need CLA, at the minimum.

What film stock are you going to shoot?

Mikko, It sounds like he wants the effect of halation. At least, that's how I interpret "smear". A slight scattering of light to give halo like edge effects. An enlarging process such as you described won't do that. Also, enlarging his reversal Tri-X will produce a negative image on the ci...

You'll have to experiment. Handling of the color negative film that you are printing onto must be in total darkness. You can't use a red safelight such as you'd use when contact printing onto an orthochromatic film. Let's see, you want to increase halation, not avoid it as one normally would when co...

Sounds very interesting. Babelfish did a fair enough job of translating the article. Enough that I could get the gist of it, anyway. For a non-professional amatuer or home-movie shooter like me with no large budget to spend, it would be nice to be able to shoot some of the negative stocks, then cont...

Thanks, Marc. Those previous threads of yours were very enlightening. The focus on each of my lenses works ok, although it is a bit stiff. I can see the lens moving in and out at the back. It's difficult to see with the 5.5mm since it moves so slightly, but it definitely moves. I can also see the ol...

In the US, a good source is Chambless Cine Equipment

I've got three Bolex cameras, a H16 Reflex, an older H16 non-reflex, and a H8 Reflex. When stored, is it better to have the clockwork spring tensioned or not?

Good luck! Let us know how it turns out.

Sixteen carts is a lot. Do you plan to film the whole thing?

regular8mm wrote:It WILL work without the spool adapters, but I got them anyway - from Chambless.

The spool adapters are only needed for the 100ft rolls, right? Not for the 25ft ones?

I'm just a casual shooter using my cameras like my parents did many years ago to record home movies and anything that catches my interest. I might take one or another of my cameras to a park during my lunch break and film a couple of minutes of random activity, people walking or jogging, dogs, stree...

Super XX sheet film, especially in 8x10 and larger please. But I guess you mean movie film stock. I don't have enough experience to say, having only shot K40 and Plus-X and Tri-X. When I look at old B&W movies, though, I see some that strike me as having an orthochromatic look with the lack of r...

I'm in the US. Thank you both for the repair suggestions. Whoever owned this Bolex H8 Reflex before me took extraordinarily good care of the glass, even though the lens barrels are stiff, possibly from long disuse. I hope a CLA will improve them mechanically. I have examined the glass closely, and i...