Single-8
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Single-8 is a film format introduced by Fujifilm of Japan in 1965 as an alternative to the Kodak Super 8 format.
As an 8mm-wide cartridge-loading amateur motion picture film, the concept is quite similar to Super 8, and indeed the film itself is the same dimensions as Super 8, but the cartridges and cameras were entirely different.
Single-8 cartridges are B-shaped, on two separate spools unlike the coaxial system of Super-8. As a result, Single-8 film offered unlimited rewind, whereas Super-8 rewind was limited to several seconds and relied on there being sufficient empty space within the cartridge for the rewound film to pile up inside.
Single-8 uses thinner but stronger polyester-based stock and the cartridges had the design advantage of using a better-quality camera pressure plate to hold the film in place during exposure than Super 8's use of a plastic plate built into the cartridge.
Although never as popular as Super 8, the format continued to live in parallel. As of late 2004, Fuji still manufactures Single-8 film.Template:Movie-stub