Reloading 50 Feet 16mm Magazine Cartridge Double Perf Film / Step by Step Tutorial 

That clip is very important! Kodak found when testing before release to public, because when they used those mags in WW2 war plane gun cameras , the G forces put on the film mag caused jamming problems. as well it keeps the Perf teeth on the upper part of the film drive, from slipping a byte and causing a tear in the upper film perf causing a jam,, so yeah use the clip Always

Very informative, thanks. Yet another rabbit hole for me to enter in a dark room. I assume the Kodak standard 8 magazines load in the same manner ?

That's ALMOST Twin Peaks T-shirt : D I recently ordered a "Bell & Howell Filmo Auto Master 16mm" camera from Etsy, that has a turret, but only one lens attached, so good to start off, especially because it takes 16mm cartridges and they suggested FPP's bulk-loading service, or to learn it on RU-vid and I had to come here to seek help, as FPP doesn't ship to my country and also they don't give detailed answers (probably due to being busy or overloaded with questions from people). Speaking of Twin Peaks, their answers are like David Lynch responding in a couple of words that leaves you sometimes even more confused. I don't blame them, as Ive ordered from them (and will still do) using a local service, but I'd want to learn how to order film and load it in the mag, as the camera comes with an expired, sealed Kodachrome 50' daylight cartridge ("Daylight type safety color film", no ISO info) I may not even use, but it would have the mag I'll need for re-spooling. So, I want to learn how to spool at home, because ordering a re-spooling through our local service doing it for me, would cost me double. Thanks

Thanks Miguel..nice video

Thanks for the video! I was curious if I can load these cartridges by myself, but now 100% convinced to just to get a pre loaded one from FPP 😅

Awesome video. Very interesting! I can not imagine doing that in the dark! Just wondering if you thought of making a staging area/holder for all the parts.... where you can place the things like the clip and spool prior to turning off the light so that if you bumped them on a table they would not roll off? Congrats on the 500+ subscribers!

Great video Mike! I was just wondering how many FPS the cartridge cameras shoot at, and how long a shooting time does that work out to for 50'?

Wow, that is a real Rube Goldberg machine. I think these magazine cameras are a great and inexpensive way to get into shooting 16mm film. I just think about the emulsion side that rubs all along the inside of the cartridge. Does the inner wall have some kind of rails or raised edges to prevent the film from getting all scratched?

You must use 2R = double perf film. I never open a magazine unless it's in a pyrex brownie dish, so parts don't get lost. One nuisance you don't show is cutting 50-52 foot films off a bigger roll to load in the magazine. They sell in 100 or 400 foot except spare leftover reels. It's better to have a pile of magazines than have to refill them when you remove exposed film. Too much fuss to do all at once in a duffle bag or darkroom. Clean magazines in the light.

Awesome. Was so waiting for this video.! Have you had the chance to look at this method of loading where they by pass the sprocket with single perf? I’m curious of how reliable this is. I found a photo online but I can’t post a link in the comments

Suggestion: If you've tried 50 times to load 120 into a Paterson reel and failed, you might not want to try this lol

Hi Filmboy, I like the 8/16/33 mm look. But is there cheap alternative? Getting the footage developed and digitized is hardly affordable if you want to shoot a full length analog film (and dont want to use pseudo-analog digital filter.)

I don’t think I’d be able to do this in the full dark, are you able to do this in a dark room/red room(the rooms with red light, in case I’m using the wrong term)

Maybe I missed it, but how do you measure 50’ of film off of a 100’ roll while winding and reloading these cartridges in the dark?

I was wondering do you know of any places that do 16 mm magazine reloading services ? I try to contact the Retrocine place but they seems to not respond.

I just got a cartridge off Ebay... How do you tell if itis exposed or not? There is a counter and it says Zero. Does that mean that Zero has been exposed or Zero is remaining?