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Topic: 16mm Fil,m Thickness
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Stephen Furley
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Posts: 3059
From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England
Registered: May 2002
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posted 05-29-2004 02:59 AM
What about the old diacetate base? I have some 16mm prints on that, and it does feel slightly thicker to me, but I haven't measured it. Could it have been made thicker to compensate for the reduced toughness compared to nitrate. Also, old film does seem to vary slightly from one make to another.
Fuji Single-8 film was always on a polyester base, which was noticably thinner than triacetate Kodachrome Super-8, but also thinner than modern polyester 35mm print stock.
I was once shown some 16mm film using a silverless process, some form of diazo, but I can't remember the name of it; this was much thinner than any other motion picture stock that I've seen. It was more like that used in roll film for still cameras, or the old 5x4 film packs.
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