how did they develop 35mm movie film? what kind of reels or tanks?

Paul Verizzo said:

4: The only 16mm film sold buy Kodak is single perf (for sound), I think a Tri-X type emulsion.

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If I'm reading Kodak's site correctly, they do have several color *negative* films (Vision3 series) in double-perf 16mm. For example, catalog #8765612 is a 100' spool of 200T/5213 d-perf 16mm film. I imagine 16mm cinematographers would use this as the original from which positive rolls would be made. I don't know the cost of making the positive.

GaryFlorida said:

Im just curious how they developed all that film?

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Are you asking about processing MP film shot with a MP camera or a still 35mm camera?

Also remember 35mm motion picture images are smaller than still camera and are oriented across the film as opposed to parallel to it as still images... not that it matters unless projection through a true motion picture projector were contemplated. I think lomography actually tackled this with a hand crank rig?

hgaude said:

Also remember 35mm motion picture images are smaller than still camera and are oriented across the film as opposed to parallel to it as still images... not that it matters unless projection through a true motion picture projector were contemplated. I think lomography actually tackled this with a hand crank rig?

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in the original day dream I imagined using a 35mm projector to watch the movie.

There is also the bucket method. I don't know anyone who has done it with 35mm, but definitely 16mm and 8mm. As the name suggests, it's like tray development, but with buckets. Film is unspooled into a loose wad of spaghetti and dunked into the chemistry in buckets. dried by wrapping around a wire frame or some such. Obviously, this will introduce all manner of "artsy" artifacts to the final image, but if that fits with what you're looking for, it's an option. I've seen some footage that was surprisingly good considering the processing methodology.