We process films in hand spools, as in photography.

A spool can hold 2 50-foot rolls of super-8 or 1 100-foot roll of 16mm. It must be loaded in complete darkness, and hand-dunked into basins of photo chemicals. The number of basins, the times and temperatures vary depending on the process used.

Finally, we dry the film and project the result.

The optical printer allows refilming an original frame by frame. The 16mm Bolex camera is fitted with a macro lens that can capture another super-8 or 16mm frame full screen. Camera and projector are controlled by a computer on which you can program slow motion, fast motion, or any combination of cadences.

The contact printer is used to make 16mm prints from negatives or vice versa. It is like a projector that pulls a sandwich of original film and unexposed film through a lit gate. Color timing can be done with filters of three primary colors and holes of different sizes allowing more or less light through the gate.

For those addicted to the smell of fix bath...

a processing machine is now set up for processing silent 16mm prints.