Inexpensive super 8 home processing tank made from pvc drain pipes developing super 8 stock yourself is fun, brings mostly great results and saves a lot. You only need 1 litre of caffenol to process a cartridge of super 8 but here we make. But 8mm, which kodak had introduced in 1932, was much harder to use. This guide will also cover steps for the major formats. Super 8, regular or double 8 and 16mm films per 50 feet, that are entirely blank are charged at 35. A behind the scene of developing kodak super 8 reversal film. How to develop super eight film using dogfish heads super eight. Ive been developing 35mm film at home with c41 chemicals and was looking at the price of developing processing super 8 film and seeing how expensive it is i was wondering if anyone actually develops super 8 film at home and what challenges arise from doing it or if it is even possible. The super8 cartridge is smaller and loses less frames when its removed from the camera. A complete guide to processing super 8 trix 7266 at home film. With over 40 years of super 8 processing experience our lab procedures are highly evolved for the best handling of small format film.
With over 60 years experience in motion picture processing, yale film and video uses only the finest chemicals by eastman kodak to process your film. We are offering curbsidelockbox pickup or shipping. Develop bw movie film at home the film photography project. Chemically process your kodak, fuji, orwo, adox or agfa super 8mm film with our award winning. The rest of the processing took place in my kitchen, under subdued lighting, but not total darkness. Now to be honest, ive never developed reversal film at home beforehowever, i do have a darkroom, and have been devleoping my own still film. Film can be dropped through the mail slot at the front door. People first had to thread oldfashioned 16 mm film into a camera by hand and, on its first pass through the camera, the film. Lets take a look at this amateur analog format and find out where it came from and where it is today to get you all started.
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. Kodaks super 8 film has been around for years, but what is it. Handprocessing super 8 film in caffenol stepbystep expired. How i develop kodak vision 3 film and other color negative film stocks at home duration.
We do not settle for anything less and neither should you. Inexpensive super 8 home processing tank made from pvc. Most processing done in 2 3 days or sooner, depending on the time film arrives, how much film we have or do not have. The tank requires 1 litre of developer to adequately immerse the 8mm film.
Before super 8, novices used regular 8mm film to make home movies. What happened to super 8 film, and why was it so great. A stepbystep guide to handprocessing expired kodachrome 40 super 8 film stock using the caffenol cm recipe. Cinelab 8mm and super 8mm film processing and video. Before kodak introduced super 8 film, making home movies was a pain. You can still process your kodachrome in blackwhite at pro8mm. Everything you ever wanted to know about shooting on super 8mm. Step by step instructions on how to load a lomo spiral and use it to process black and white super 8 at home. Handprocessing super 8 film in caffenol stepbystep.