Gabriella Chihan

...and what would you say it's the best difficulty in constantly filming with a S8 camera? Price? Too hard to find someone who can fix broken cameras? For me is the option B. I have so many of them but it's really expensive (or you can't really find someone who can do it) to fix the camera... :-(

Hi people! Thank you all for your input! I will try to keep everything in mind. But really... no idea where to get this information, no?... :-( If anyone hears anything about it please let me know! :D

Hi Dom! thank you for your reply. I've tried to contact some labs and they all told me (well, most of all) that why would they help me if I was probably making a research to create a competition for them. The rest just didn't reply to my email :-( I understand them a bit, but I think it's also somehow paranoid to think that everybody could be your commercial enemy...but what do I know, right? :-) About the Ebay site listings, I also thought about searching there as well, but I have no way to put numbers of buyers/sellers of just super 8 cameras, since most of these shops (maybe I'm a lousy searcher...) sell other types of camera as well, so if I want to make my research "credible" I would need to find numbers for just super 8 cameras.....sigh... why do I get these kind of ideas... :P Nevertheless, any suggestion o how to search on Ebay will be highly appreciated! :D Cheers and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Hi Dom! thank you for your reply. I've tried to contact some labs and they all told me (well, most of all) that why would they help me if I was probably making a research to create a competition for them. The rest just didn't reply to my email :-( I understand them a bit, but I think it's also somehow paranoid to think that everybody could be your commercial enemy...but what do I know, right? :-) About the Ebay site listings, I also thought about searching there as well, but I have no way to put numbers of buyers/sellers of just super 8 cameras, since most of these shops (maybe I'm a lousy searcher...) sell other types of camera as well, so if I want to make my research "credible" I would need to find numbers for just super 8 cameras.....sigh... why do I get these kind of ideas... :P Nevertheless, any suggestion o how to search on Ebay will be highly appreciated! :D Cheers and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

...but I must say that I won't give up just yet. There has to be a solution for this problem, at least for part of it. Maybe for the common user... hmm... think, think, think.... :D

It's really sad to hear this, but it's true. I understand it from a "common user" point of view, because in times like these having to spend so much money in something like film developing isn't really a priority. But, what I don't understand is big production companies that are crying over a price of something that has so much quality in it. They're so used to get the cheapest possible that they limit themselves so much in creativity. ...But... well...that's the beloved legacy of uncle capitalism. Cheap, fast and a lot. No room for the small one. Thank you for your reply,though :-)

[EN] Hello! I'm currently working on a research (on my own, unpaid personal project) about the current situation of super8 film cameras. Specifically, I'm trying to know how many super8 film cameras are still out there and if people really use them or not. I've found out that there's a considerable amount of people who own this camera for sentimental reasons (belonged to their parents, special friend, etc.) but they've never tried to use it. That's the "big picture" of my research, but as a part of it I would like to know the approximate amount of people who would be still interested, for example, in buying super8 film cameras, film and/or interested in developing a film (willing to pay what it costs to develop this). Any information you could give me will be highly appreciated! This information would help me create a statistic analysis about how many people are still supporting the use of this format, which is the core of my project. Thank you very much in advance! :) [ES] Hola! Estoy realizando una investigación (por cuenta propia, sólo por motivación personal) sobre la situación actual de las cámaras de super8; específicamente estoy intentando saber cuántas cámaras todavía quedan actualmente y si las personas las usan, no las usan, etc. Es que me encontré con la pregunta de cómo puede ser que haya tanta gente que me diga "guardo la cámara de super8 de mi padre, madre, tío, etc. por razones sentimentales pero nunca la he intentado usar. Eso es el "big picture" de mi proyecto, pero como parte de él, me gustaría saber cuántas personas aproximadamente aún compran cámaras, películas o bien buscan revelar la película para luego poder proyectarla. Pensé que preguntando en un sitio como este sería un buen inicio. Este dato me ayudaría a crear una estadística de cuánta gente está interesada en seguir apoyando a este formato, lo cual es una parte importante de mi proyecto. Desde ya muchísimas gracias por el apoyo y quedo a vuestra disposición para cualquier consulta sobre este proyecto! :) Gabs[/font][/font][/font][/font]