Reduction printing

Making a copy of smaller size than the original by optical printing. ¹ Used to make 16mm release prints from 35mm intermediates. Has been used in the past to make 8mm and Super 8mm prints.

References

¹ Happe, L. B., 1983, Your Film and the Lab, 2nd Edition, Media Manuals, Focal Press, London, Boston

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