Beaulieu 4008 ZM II... NIGHTMARE!!!

[Jamie Frazer Noakes]

I don't understand this comment. Because film is still being made you plan on abandoning it?

 

I am only guessing here Alessandro, but I think he is referring to the current high costs of shooting colour reversal. On average you will need to pay twice as much for 100D now in comparision with the prices this time last year. Most places are selling colour reversal stock as process paid only. That said both Tri-X and Kodak's Vision 3 stocks have increased in price too. With repackaged reversal stock, Wittner currently have the corner of the market and are charging high prices for the privillage of shooting colour reversal super 8.

[Bill Rodgers]

I LOVE Super 8! The array of visual defects associated with the format are exactly what give it the 'nostalgic character' I simply cannot replicate using HD digital technology alone.

 

In fact my Super 16 Arri SR and Bolex EL cameras are both getting far less use these days, thanks to the ease of replicating that format's visual qualities with the likes of the BMCC.

 

I have enjoyed shooting DS8, 16mm and 9.5mm in the past but it's Super 8 that is the format of my childhood and as such evokes far greater an emotional response. Plus in an age of 4K frame-by-frame scanning and advanced non-linear editing the format actually can display some pretty sharp and often rather beautiful results.

 

Ironically, it's digital technology that's keeping Super 8 alive.


Meanwhile, my 4008 still needs some attention and I'd really like to shoot with it some more soon. :unsure:

[Dom Jaeger]

It reslly comes down to this - do you want slightly cheaper 16, or do you want super 8?

 

Or do want Standard 8, which has the fade ins and outs, the flashes, the battery-free spring drive and often the interchangeable prime lens options of classic spool-loaded 16mm with even more grain than Super 8!

 

Or if you really want to be cool, 9.5mm, which nearly matches 16mm in image area and if you search enough is still available!