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Andy Finney @delverie.bsky.social

That’s 17.5 mm … which I only realised was a thing recently. Standard 8mm is split 16mm and has only one set of sprockets. My old Bolex shoots half a spool which you then reverse and it shoots the other half

sep 15, 2025, 12:02 pm • 0 0

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Andy AVAV Systems @avavsystems.bsky.social

See, old age. The grey matter is failing

sep 15, 2025, 12:19 pm • 0 0 • view
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Andy Finney @delverie.bsky.social

As has the Bolex ☹️

sep 15, 2025, 12:20 pm • 0 0 • view
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Andy Finney @delverie.bsky.social

I think com-opt and com-mag 16mm might have been single sprocket.

sep 15, 2025, 12:02 pm • 0 0 • view