Everyone who works with the Lomo tanks probably knows the problem of film jamming and improper winding, often leading to double layers, which then do not get developed properly. Using…
The built-in turntable
Super 8 Workshop “Film Your Frankenberg”
In Saxon Frankenberg, a Super 8 workshop will take place in June 2019. Five participants learn with filmmaker Patrick Müller the handling of a Super 8 camera and the development…
„Sheep“, sharper, sharpest: Test of the new Kodak Ektachrome 100D/7294
Ektachrome is back! Since October 2018, the eagerly awaited Super 8 color reversal material has finally hit the market. You can already read in many film tests that the new…
Double Super: DS8
I wrote the following article in August 2015 and then never published it for some reason.Nevertheless, it has not become less interesting, because it shows that Wittner would still be…
Reloading Russian “Kaccema” S8 cartridges
Even if Super 8 bulk loads are difficult to get, a reload-able Super 8 cartridge still makes sense: It is ideal, for example, if you want to develop short test…
Of compulsive nature: Pentaflex 8 – (Part 1)
The examined camera has the serial number 35933; With Pentovar, No. 6355608. On the back of the selenium cell I find as confirmation "ELECTROCELL Dec". Stamped in 1963. The production…
Deciphering Edge Marks
If you want to know when (and where) a film was produced, you can usually do so via so-called edge markings (or "edge codes"). However, the information on deciphering the…
New film lab on the east coast
John Rizzo plans to open up a new lab for 8 and 16mm film on the east coast. The continous processor for black and white reversal film will run as…
Einem 1972er ECN-1 Film bewegte Farben entlocken
Kubrick schoß "Barry Lyndon" und Copolla den ersten Teil des "Paten" auf der 35mm Version 5254. Die Beatles drehten ihren letzten Film "Let It Be" inklusive des berühmten Dachkonzerts auf…
Einfacheres Einspulen in den Lomo-Tank
Viele tun sich schwer, im dunklen die Spirale des Lomo-Tanks fehlerfrei zu beladen – unentwickelte Bereiche und doppelte Lagen sind so oft ein Frustfaktor. Dabei geht es ganz leicht, wenn…