[wantoncl]

> Regarding film development, I'm not familiar with 8mm specific requirements, but if the author is able to develop color 35mm film, which is not that easy in my experience, he should be more than able to develop at least B&W 8mm film?

8mm/Super 8 film cartridges are not entirely easy to open, and you pretty much have to destroy them to get the film out. It's also difficult to find film reels that fit them by width, plus 50 feet of film length. They were never intended to be developed at home, but always in a machine (and exclusively by Kodak).

I don't remember Super 8 being available in negative emulsions either, it was always chrome/slide/transparency since you'd project the original film.