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emeritus · 11th Jun 2019, 11:30 pm

Thanks for this interesting thread. I used to operate a number of B&H projectors for the film club when I was a student in the 1960's but never had occasion to delve into their insides.

I believe that Fuji Single 8 film always used Mylar film base which, being thinner than the normal acetate base, allowed them to have a more compact cartridge than Kodak's Super 8. I think that in the late 1960's Kodak used Mylar for their very high speed B/W recording film (intended for surveillance) to allow about 25 % more film to be loaded onto a standard spool (125' on a 100' spool) but you are unlikely to meet any of this. I think some of Dixons own brand Super 8 used Mylar as well. Only tape splices work on Mylar. I don't know what modern stuff uses: perhaps Fuji use Mylar for their 16mm stock.

The cement splices on some 16mm film I shot at school and as a student in the 1960's are still sound, likewise my 8mm films from the 1970's and 80's.

11th Jun 2019, 11:30 pm	#58
emeritus Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Brentwood, Essex, UK. Posts: 5,337	Re: Bell and Howell TQII 1652 16mm projector Thanks for this interesting thread. I used to operate a number of B&H projectors for the film club when I was a student in the 1960's but never had occasion to delve into their insides. I believe that Fuji Single 8 film always used Mylar film base which, being thinner than the normal acetate base, allowed them to have a more compact cartridge than Kodak's Super 8. I think that in the late 1960's Kodak used Mylar for their very high speed B/W recording film (intended for surveillance) to allow about 25 % more film to be loaded onto a standard spool (125' on a 100' spool) but you are unlikely to meet any of this. I think some of Dixons own brand Super 8 used Mylar as well. Only tape splices work on Mylar. I don't know what modern stuff uses: perhaps Fuji use Mylar for their 16mm stock. The cement splices on some 16mm film I shot at school and as a student in the 1960's are still sound, likewise my 8mm films from the 1970's and 80's.