Re: Why do places want old film?

In article <hdg595-mj6.ln1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 Chris Savage <spam.goes.here@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> On 2008-02-23, Ric Trexell <rictrexell@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >                                                        Also, they
don't rule
> > out 110 film and who fixes those things any more?  I guess I will just
have
> > to contact the people and ask them what in the world do you want out
of date
> > film for?                      
> 
> Again. Because people buy it.

I remember 20 years ago buying a Minolta 16 16mm camera. I was always 
trying to find more film cassettes - I finally found an old camera shop 
with a box full of outdated film. The film was immediately dumped and I 
had 20 brand-new cassettes.

I build a little cutter to take 35mm film. Two razor blades set 16mm 
apart allowed me to cut a strip from the middle of the film. A roll of 
36 would give me three 25 exposure rolls of 16mm and I had all the kinds 
of 35mm film to choose from.

BTW Does anyone think this camera is worth anything?