Kodak to revive Super 8 Movie film/camera
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squirrel$$$bandit
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Oh, this is terrific! Eager to see what it looks like. I assume you'll have to send the film to Kodak for processing?
Lauffray
Invisible Cities
Interesting news, not sure how much of what he described will actually be in the product, they can be so optimistic sometimes
Dralowid
Michael
Weeeeeeeell, the film has never gone away (apart from the great loss of Kodachrome) and there are thousands of ageing but exceptionally competent cameras out there that cost next to nothing....
santino
FSU gear head
sweet! I hope there will be a new Kodachrome in 8mm...
Timmyjoe
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Little concerned with that $50 - $75 processing fee per Super 8 cartridge they're talking about. That might discourage use.
Would be nice if the new cartridges fit in the old Super 8 cameras, because those are plentiful, and cheap.
Would be nice if the new cartridges fit in the old Super 8 cameras, because those are plentiful, and cheap.
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charjohncarter
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I just tested my Minolta Super 8: still works. Now, I have to fix the electric cord on my projector.
Just read the Kodak site. Film looks like color negative, I hope they do B&W too.
Just read the Kodak site. Film looks like color negative, I hope they do B&W too.
Timmyjoe
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The info on the Kodak site looks interesting. I wonder if they're going to design in some type of metal pressure plate in the camera/cartridge, as that was the achilles heel of Super 8 cameras back in the day. The plastic pressure plate in the cartridge did not hold the film flat enough against the camera gate.
littleearth
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Sweet ! But it's super expensive to shoot 8mm !
daveleo
what?
Hmm ..... I dropped out of 8mm film when it was $20/roll to process.
$50-$75 is a lot of cash.
Film movies are a great pleasure, but you need a really good reason to shoot $75/roll.
$50-$75 is a lot of cash.
Film movies are a great pleasure, but you need a really good reason to shoot $75/roll.
Jamie Pillers
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Isn't there a "Super 8" app for the iPhone? 😛
aoresteen
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$50 for 4 minutes of film? That will be a hot seller......
Kodak shoots themselves in the foot...again.
Kodak shoots themselves in the foot...again.
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
As a kid I remember my uncle used to shoot super 8 and every year he would produce a super 8 movie of the yearly holiday he and his wife took. Being the absolute perfectionist he was they were always very good and we always enjoyed the gathering at his place to watch them.
I don't see the price being too prohibitive ... no analog hobby is going to come with the expectation of being cheap these days. The impossible project seems to have survived against the odds so why not this.
I don't see the price being too prohibitive ... no analog hobby is going to come with the expectation of being cheap these days. The impossible project seems to have survived against the odds so why not this.
aadi
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It has USB and FIREWIRE port? Also SD card port??
x-ray
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Kodak never stopped making Super 8. They make TX, 50D, 200T and 500T color neg. Also Adox and Foma make B&W.
A couple of years ago I considered do part of a documentary project I was shooting on Super 8. There are several labs in California that still process and do super high quality transfers to digital for commercial projects. The cost wasn't cheap but compared to 16 & 35mm motion picture processing and transfers it's really reasonable.
IMO 8mm still has a place in the education and documentary world. I shot many commercials and industrial films on 16 & 35 which was the norm at the time. My nephew is in graduate school in film production and would love to shoot film but the cost is prohibitive. His school has an Arriflex BL3 but students rarely can get funding for 35mm production.
Kodak's doing the smart thing. Per my nephew they find a good number of grad student film projects. How smart is that to get students I to the mode of shooting motion picture. I can tell you having shot hunderds of thousands of motion picture film that once you e shot it and acquired the taste you'll never be happy with video not even the Red and Arri cameras.
Super 8 is a relatively cheap way for students to get the taste of film. Excellent job Kodak!
A couple of years ago I considered do part of a documentary project I was shooting on Super 8. There are several labs in California that still process and do super high quality transfers to digital for commercial projects. The cost wasn't cheap but compared to 16 & 35mm motion picture processing and transfers it's really reasonable.
IMO 8mm still has a place in the education and documentary world. I shot many commercials and industrial films on 16 & 35 which was the norm at the time. My nephew is in graduate school in film production and would love to shoot film but the cost is prohibitive. His school has an Arriflex BL3 but students rarely can get funding for 35mm production.
Kodak's doing the smart thing. Per my nephew they find a good number of grad student film projects. How smart is that to get students I to the mode of shooting motion picture. I can tell you having shot hunderds of thousands of motion picture film that once you e shot it and acquired the taste you'll never be happy with video not even the Red and Arri cameras.
Super 8 is a relatively cheap way for students to get the taste of film. Excellent job Kodak!
jalLee2001
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Very cool, good for them
CliveC
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If it keeps 35mm film in production in some tangential way, I'm all for it.
bohdan
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And, I just eBayed my Canon 814 XL...sad.
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