There are also some 16mm Facebook groups that might be of interest to you to check out as a supplement to our forum here. Many or all of us have run into the same or other things along the way. If the film print has perf damage it should be avoided or returned if this damage was not disclosed on the ebay listing or by the seller.Īlso, don't worry-these are some of the lessons you will learn as you gain more experience in the hobby. I have never used that type myself.Īs for Perf-fix, I would say that is an eventual step to consider if you really get serious about the hobby. There are many other splicers available some use cement to "glue" the film together. My first splicer was this cheapo Kodak is a little bit of a pain to use, but works. The little tapes are available on ebay or at. This splicer can be found for $20 or less on ebay or even on (at times). A far cheaper option is the Kodak splicer kit which uses short, pre-cut and already-perforated tapes. These are also the most expensive-approximately $150-200. The best, in my opinion are the Catozzo brand 16mm splicers which use rolls of special clear tape (not Scotch or cellophane tape) to attach leader to film or film to film. Try and avoid buying any prints that do not lay flat, as quite often that is a sign of a print that has some level of VS decay. Of the several hundred I have, maybe 3-4 are like that. Most prints will NOT have this loose problem on the take up reel. What Maurice indicated about twisting the film once is definitely worth a try. It did not go onto the take up reel tightly and ended up egg-shaped. I just had a similar thing happen to me.The print was quite twisted-likely due to VS (vinegar syndrome). Second question, anyone state side offer service for an attempted repair of this film? Pretty frustrated by my ignorance at the moment and I hope this film can be saved. By the end of the film the take up reel was a overlapping twisted sagging balled up mess! I attempted to slowly weave through the birds nest that was my film and manually rewind it back onto the reel, multiple times the film curled up so bad it took a long time to uncurl, the end result my film tore in two places, I found a couple sprockets also torn, and the film looks bent, crumpled, and wrapped along multiple stretches.įirst question, what is the proper procedure during projector when the film isn't sitting tightly on the take up reel and starts to overlap oddly and bulk up and fall off? I was enjoying a film last night (beautiful image good sound) no issues, but being new to this I didn't pay any mind to the take up reel after building false confidence with shorter films. So I learned the extremely hard and difficult way that running a full feature large film is much different than a 15 minute educational short.
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