Kodak has a really neat article about filming with Super 8 film in modern times.
Click here to read more: Close-Up on Super 8 Film
What do I do with Nitrate Film
We get asked every now and then about how to properly handle Nitrate film. We have a very short two word answer, that never changes “Very Carefully”. Nitrate film can be dangerous if not handled properly.
How to get Super 8 Film today
From time to time we get asked were someone can buy Super 8 Film
today. The people who ask us where to get it are usually wanting to
get into professional film making by starting with Super 8 film,
shooting on it for a few years then moving on to 16mm film and then
finally moving on to 35 mm film.
Other people who have an interest in saving their family memories for
generations to come. Although it is important to have memories in
easy to use format like a DVD it is even more important to have them
on a durable media that can be archived like film.
When I shoot Super8 film I buy it from Kodak and you can read more at
this link below:
http://motion.kodak.com/US/en/motion/Products/Production/Spotlight_on_Super_8…
Vinegar Syndrome
We get asked frequently what to do if film smells like vinegar.
Of course the most important thing is to get your film to us so we can begin to clean your film. The first thing to do though is to seperate any film that smells like vinegar from the rest of your collection, and then read this manual.
We at Treasure Coast Film specialize in restoring film with Vinegar Syndrome.
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Dear Photograph
Our good friend Mark in Wilmington, NC shares with us a totally cool way to make old pictures come to life again, which is to take a picture holding them in the exact place they were taken then. What a fun way to take a trip down memory lane!
History of Super8 According to Kodak
A quite interesting read from Kodak concerning the history of Super 8 Film
Color Correction
Shooting on film that was 20 years old
One of my dearly departed clients gave me a reel of K40 Super8 film that had expired in 1979 and I decided to shoot it anyway. I figured how could I go wrong, and I was right, I didn’t. The only color left on the film was magenta so I turned it to black and white and I think it looked good considering it was just experimental.
AD Test Strips
I get asked every now and then how I make a determination if someone’s film needs more advanced preservation or not. I decide this based on a subjective test and an objective test. The subjective test I use is that I look to see If the film is curled up any at all or if it is brittle. The objective test I use are AD Test Strips from the Image Permanence Institute and see how much “hidden deterioration” there is.
As film deteriorates it emits an acidic vapor which becomes a double whammy as it destroys more of the film. The more green/yellow the strip turns the more aggressively we pursue advanced preservation techniques.
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