About Us
Parlor City Solutions offers an eclectic portfolio of goods and services. Specializing in 3D modeling and printing, and electronic and computer system design, PCS can offer a solution for you.
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Photographic Products
Minolta-16 compatible film
After many months of testing and experimentation, PCS is proud to offer a loaded Minolta-16 compatible film cassette that is sufficiently light tight for real world use! For the first time since the mid 90's you can buy a daylight cassette pre-loaded with fresh film for your 16mm Minolta camera. These cassettes are 3D printed from a durable and opaque nylon polymer blended with black carbon fibers. Though this matierial is comparably expensive and difficult to print, the resulting cassette is both opaque and durable.
The used cassettes in circulation are getting brittle and the light seals are in poor shape. They are going on fifty years old after all. So unless you are a diehard sub-mini photographer, carefully reloading cassettes that may be older than you probably isn't how you like to spend your time. Now you can simply buy a cassette of fresh film and drop it in your camera.
3D printing these cassettes isn't anything new, but most thermoplastics used for printing just aren't opaque when printed as thin as required for this application (0.6mm to be exact). As a result, most need to be loaded and unloaded in a film changing bag. Testing found that the carbon fiber filled nylon we were using to make parts for public transit applications was suitably opaque for this application. Considerable testing was done and found that though you can't leave them out in the sun all day, you won't have trouble loading and unloading in reasonable outdoor conditions. As far as we can tell, we are the only company offering loaded, ready to shoot cassettes. We see you Minolta shooters! Soon you'll have access to the same convenience that those Minox people have.
This is our first publicly offered product, and our goal is to have it on the market around September 2026. We will start likley selling these on ebay with a target price of $25. So dig that old Minolta out of the drawer, dust it off, and get ready to have a trusty film camera that fits in your pocket!
Public Transit
Public transit is where we got our start and what continues to be our bread and butter. The problem is that when the taxpayer is footing the bill, big companies see dollar signs. PCS offers products for as little as half the price of mainstream suppliers, and can work with properties to find just the right fit for their problem. We make things like durable plastic parts for lifts, ramps, and doors that fit common models in the industry. We also build industrial controls that solve problems unique to transit properties. Soon we hope to expand and offer our catalog and services to more properties around the northeast.
Contact
A small business based in Binghamton, New York
Email: info@parlorcitysolutions.com