The process outlined in these pages utilizes a stainless steel developing tank, designed for developing 35mm still slides or negatives, and either a b&w or a color reversal developing kit made by Kodak. More frugal and adventurous hand processers can buy their chemicals in bulk, but the kit is a cheap and easy way to start. The Super 8 cartridge is basically bashed to pieces with a hammer, and the film is stuffed, spaghetti style, into the tank.

Scratches, pieces of emulsion, bleached out segments, and imprints of sprocket holes are some of the tidbits that will show up on your film. The look is kind of crazy, and I've had good results using it for experimental pieces, such as Portrait of Greg, and music videos. The larger the tank, the cleaner the process. One roll in a 4 reel tank will come out cleaner than two rolls in a 4 reel tank. (Reels in this case refer to the 35mm still reels that the tank was designed for - two 50 ft. rolls of Super 8 can fit in one 4 reel tank, one 50 ft. roll in a 2 reel tank).