Re: Bulk loading infrared -Reply

["Willem-Jan Markerink" <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On 27 Jun 97 at 14:13, Timothy E. Coffer wrote:

> Yes, Kodak still sells 35mm HIE in bulk rolls, but the length has been
> "inflated" to 150 feet and the sprocket holes are of the Bell & Howell
> (movie camera style?) kind, so the film can't be used in 99.9% of the
> 35mm cameras made in the world. I guess Kodak wants to keep their
> sales of 35mm HIE limited to "one roll at a time", versus allowing anyone
> to save a buck or two as well as load custom lengths by bulk loading.
> Just thought I'd re-relay this to you personally, considering I almost
> burned $146 on an roll a month or so ago.
> Gee, guess that memory is still all too vivid....... :=)

I more than strongly doubt this explanation.
The only strange perforation I have heard of in general is 'no 
perforation'; motion picture perforation is identical to the ones 
used in photo business. 
Even 70mm perforated uses the same sprocket pattern and size as
35mm....and if your camera needs only perforation on one side, you
could splice film....:-)) 

Btw, if it really would be used in motion picture, why the heck didn't 
they ever invite me for a nice IR-movie?!?....;-))

Reminds me of the dream of running 70mm HIE in an Omnimax
theater....I have even seen 70mm stereo Omnimax being shot (not sure
which theaters on the globe can project this type)....now that would
be nice in HIE! 

One large application for HIE 35mm bulk is in long roll photo
systems (all big manual cameras had one, Pentax, Olympus, Nikon,
Canon, Rollei)....those definately count on ordinary sprockets. 

- -- 
Bye,

Willem-Jan Markerink


      The desire to understand 
is sometimes far less intelligent than
     the inability to understand


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