From: Nicky Hamlyn (email suppressed)
Date: Sat Jan 09 2010 - 13:59:06 PST
If it doesn't have to be real (light struck) film you could try 7983,
which is 16mm single perf black coated spacing. The coating is some
kind of dense resin, completely light proof, presumably made for A&B
neg cutting,
Nicky Hamlyn.
On 9 Jan 2010, at 21:04, JEFFREY PAULL wrote:
> Hi, Paul
> I'm interpreting you are asking about hi-contrast B&W cine film
> stock for blocking all the projector light?
>
> Also, check on Kodak's website for any sound stock (for usually
> making the optcial soundtrack only, not the picture)
> You can also use anything Kodak calls "print stock" which would
> usually be used to make the projection picture from the negative
> camera original.
> There also may be a B&W film stock they call "Hi contrast". That's
> suitable too.
> If you are, in fact, the person who needs that max black, (I've lost
> track, sorry)
> all you need to do is unspool the amount you need, re-seal up the
> rest,
> then simply expose it to regular room light or stronger. No amount
> is going to be too much.
> In the camera, each bit of film gets exposed for only about 1/60th
> of a second,
> thru the tiny hole of the f-stop. So fullly revealled film in room
> light, by comparison,
> is getting blasted with photons - enough exposure to maximize the
> developing action to follow.
> Again in room light (or more - back porch, for example) take a
> spaghetti of film - maybe 25 -100 feet,
> and dunk and re-dunk it in a plastic basin of cheap B&W POSITIVE
> developer - Dektol brand is as good as any.
> Don't, however, use a developer that says it's for developing
> negatives. Developers for negatives aren't as active for your
> purposes.
>
> Room temp chemicals work well. 5 minutes should be plenty.
> You can't expose too much or develop too much for this maximum black
> purpose.
>
> I'm sure other people will post tighter particulars.
>
> Jeffrey Paull
>
>
> On Sat 09/01/10 15:00 , Paul Krimmer email suppressed sent:
>> i cant find any informations about processing sound on film in the
>> web, so
>>
>> im asking you.
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>> What type of filmstock do you use, and where can you get it?! I
>> know you
>>
>> can use b/w material, but developed with a special silver nitrate
>>
>> addition, am i right?! What is the exact chemical process then to
>> do it
>>
>> diy ;-).... whatever, people from the lŽabominable should know,
>> shouldnŽt
>>
>> they?!
>>
>>
>>
>> Paul
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