Re: 828 film

[rdi@xxxxxxx]

Kenneth Luker writes:

>I've never found 828 film for it, but I remember the film from my 
>photo-processing days in the 'fifties.  There is indeed one sprocket 
>hole per frame.  I believe the Haneel uses a staggered advance, 

I still have a roll of unprocessed 828 film at home (ok, so it's taken 
40 years to get around to taking it in for processing...), and I checked 
it last night in a darkroom, and it has no sprocket holes.
It is indeed the same width as modern 35mm film stock.

and Steve Owsley writes:

>Note: 828 film was discontinued many years ago. Maybe someone out there is still 
>hand loading rolls for camera collectors? My mother's camera (a Kodak Pony 828 

Since it's the same width as 35mm film, you could probably kludge it yourself
by getting an empty 828 film spool, going into a darkroom, stripping out 
35mm film from a modern cannister, and winding it on the 828 spool.
You wouldn't have any backing paper, and you may have to light-proof
the red plastic viewing window if your camera back has one.  You'll also
have to load the camera in the dark, then figure out how to handle the exposed
film (give special instructions to processor to only open your package in a darkroom).
I've successfully respooled 120 Ektachrome slide film onto 620 spools (620 slide film
is no longer available); man, 2-1/4" square color slides are great!

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Rick Inzero                                     rdi@xxxxxxx
Northern Telecom, Inc.      			
Rochester, NY, home of the 1996 NSA Convention!


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