8mm was 16 or 18 fps.
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John Hermanson
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Walt Wayman wrote:
> Chuck,
>
> Not sure enough about the 8mm to give an answer, but a roll of 16mm film of
> that size is 100 feet in length. At 24 fps, 100 ft. runs 2.75 minutes (166.5
> seconds, to be precise). If you know the length, it's easy to figure the
> time, because at 24 fps, three feet runs five seconds. I've got boxes of the
> stuff somewhere "down there."
>
> Walt
>
> --
> "Anything more than 500 yards from
> the car just isn't photogenic." --
> Edward Weston
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>>Holy smokes! I just dug a little deeper and discovered two rolls of
>>16mm B&W. I have some leftover bits of the 8mm camera but I never knew
>>he had a 16mm camera.
>>
>>Anyhow, any notion of what the run time might be for different reel
>>sizes? All but one of the reels are quite full coming to within a few
>>millimters of the diameter of the reels themselves. The outside
>>diameter of the reels for the 8mm stuff is either 75 or 125mm. The
>>diameter of the 16mm reels is 90mm. I think the frame rate on these 8
>>and 16mm cameras was about 24 fps but I have no clue as to how many
>>frames fit on a reel.
>>
>>Chuck Norcutt
>>
>
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