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Why would using eight cameras filming in parallel be an advantage in "budget" 8mm film production in the 1960's in Japan?

For their particular situation what would give 8mm film an advantage is that it most likely would have been reversal film. This is a type of film which when developed is already positive, making it ...
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Accidentally opened back of analogue camera while rewinding film, are all pictures lost?

Why wouldn't the film that was already rewound be ok? The film inside the cassette is protected from light, don't you agree? How much film remained outside the cassette? That's the film that was ...
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Accidentally opened back of analogue camera while rewinding film, are all pictures lost?

Anything that wasn't safely back in the film canister may be lost, certainly anything directly in the camera back & not wound onto either spool. You'll find out precisely when you get the roll ...
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