super 8 junkies unity

[AetherPan]

Hello,
just started to discover super 8 Moviemaking. Has anyone any experience with this old technic? I just need everything u have like advices tips links.

And especially has anyone experience about developing their own super 8 films and not sending them to a lab?

thx in andvance
Aether

[LEVLHED]

actually, one of the last times I was browsing ebay I was looking at super8 cameras...I don't know enough about them really other than knowing the output is considered acceptable for "the big screen" Didn't realize there was any developing process involved for the film(!) and I too would be interested in more info on the format.

[ristuuk]

used to use super8 and 16 all the time in night clubs,thats how i started.
Ill dig out contact addresses for you of dealers and cine clubs.
quality depends on the projector, but good projectors are cheap.
superp effects can be acheived by using two or more projectors on one screen-proper live mixing!
why go data? cos its nice and easy.

[LEVLHED]

I don't think I'd mess w/ super8 beamers at all, just take footage and rip it to DVD/HD or somethin...more interested in a decidedly analog look...plus I'm a hopeless gear freak and am always interested in learning about shit..

is there a developing process for super8 film? or can it be used as-is when shot..

[Lichtschutzfaktor56]

high,

here are some starting points about super 8
format:

http://www.super8.de
only german

http://www.super8site.com/home_e.shtml
swiss page also in english

some years ago i was in touch with a advertising filmproduction firm which produced some commercials on super8 and converted the material via filmscanner into video to get the special look of this format. Looks great.

[stevefromNewcastle]

I have started to orginating footage on super 8, it gives a lovly feel to things as it has far more exposure range. A good place for info is super8filmmakering.com, is a good place to start. The film is about ?12 a reel and that will last 3 mins at 25fps. If setup right the footage can have a higher line resolution that miniDV.
I got a nizo professional on ebay for ?100 I am very happy with it the optics are fantastic, but it is quite heavy.

Hope this helps
Steve

[unjulation]

if your terning all yur stuf into vid then all well and good, if you want to use 8mm projectors i genraly wouldn't the trow is to little the bulbs not bright enough and the image is to smal,
if your going for projectors then try 16mm elfs grate for loops, the cammeras are more expensive but better quality
and the film is big enough to actualy draw on and use all sorts of chemicals on to create efects
any surch on google will result in a whole host of clubs etc for the use of 8mm/16mm film

[AetherPan]

thx 4 the help till now.

16mm gear is too expensive for me now. perhaps I'll switch after I kicked that super 8 thingy a bit.

I think it's cool that there are still some people out there who use super8. in my Opinion it is like "real" filming. No DV-Cam shit. Just a real film that has to be developed with chemicals.

go 4 super 8

[holly]

I have a couple of cameras and projectors (maybe even an editor) from my film school days. The cost of using them is just too expensive. Film needs a LOT of light to get good colors, though you use to be able to get tri-x b&w film that looked just beautiful grain and all.... I'm looking to sell them if anyone knows a good place.

just take footage and rip it to DVD

Ha ha ha ha! "rip" to DVD. you have to send it to KODAK or similar to get it developed. Generally, it starts life as a cartridge roll of kodachrome (like slide film, there is no negative) that lasts only 2min, 50sec (I'm sure Tom will correct me if my memory is wrong) if you shoot at 24fps. Common to shoot at 18fps to get about 3min,20sec(?) or so. Then you run out of film and send it away for processing. 2 weeks later you get it back and can watch it for the first time on a projector that will leave a nice long scratch down the center of the whole reel. Better save that DVcam because that's how you're going to get the film back onto DVD....

It is fun stuff, but so is rebuilding a Model T Ford.

[syzygy]

We recently entered the world of super-8.

We've been using our camera at 48fps to capture moving objects in slow motion.

Of course, that means we only get about a minute out of a cartridge...

Dan.