Customer Reviews

Kodak TXR-464 Tri-X Reversal Black & White, Silent Super 8 Movie Film, 50 Foot Cartridge, Film #7266, ISO 200 / 160, #502-9046, *USA*

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What can you say about Tri-X? It's fast, it's grainy, and it's one of only two reversal films produced by Kodak for the Super 8mm format. And now it's available on Amazon at a not-unreasonable price. Huzzah!

And contrary to what another reviewer claimed, there are many labs that are able to process this film. Google "CineLab", "Spectra Film and Video", "Pro8mm", and "Yale Film and Video" for just a few examples.

I purchased this item, not knowing much about Super 8. Because of my lack of knowledge, I had problems getting the film processed (there's only one place in the U.S. that develops black and white and it's in California). When I sent my film to get developed and it returned, I had to purchase an expensive light bulb for my Super 8 projector and I also bought an editor too. When I finally saw my film after a month, I couldn't make out the images. Everything was pitch black. I thought it had been processed incorrectly, but as it turns out, Super 8 needs a lot of light and I hadn't used lights for the film. Also, the parts I could see the character was moving very slowly. As it turns out I made another mistake, I set the frames per second too high and used too much film for each scene. Although lots of problems arose from one little cartridge and I ended up spending almost fifty dollars on fifty feet, the experience taught me a lot. The product was perfect though. It was MY fault. I advise anyone who wants to use Super 8 to take my advice and research this product before wasting time and money on a movie that won't turn out.