Kodak Super 8 film is BACK!!!!! Yes, regular super 8, in 3 different emulsions, is back and available almost immediately. Gee, I guess I will have to quit giving away all those old...

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

Yes, regular super 8, in 3 different emulsions, is back and available almost immediately. Gee, I guess I will have to quit giving away all those old Super 8 cameras in the store now?
It will come with a processing envelope included. (Anyone else remember those??)

Display placard, the Kodak rep assured me it was REAL!

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jim quist Loc: Missouri

interesting

tainkc Loc: Kansas City

You gotta' be kidding! I still have my cameras and they still work. Hmmm...

Darkroom317 Loc: Mishawaka, IN

Yep. It is fantastic!

Not only that but Kodak's cinema film division is predicted to be profitable in 2016.

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

tainkc wrote:

You gotta' be kidding! I still have my cameras and they still work. Hmmm...

Kodak is bringing out more new films as well, even as Fuji is dropping some of theirs.

dragonfist Loc: Stafford, N.Y.

As I recall the Kodak film division was bought out and is being run by ex Kodak employees. I certainly hope that the introduction of new products bodes well for their future. Many of those folks who lost their jobs at Kodak were friends and neighbors.

Roger Lee

As long as they keep their museum intact it's all good. A lot of history and heritage there.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Have you heard about the new 8mm film camera Kodak announced? I posted about it this morning.

http://gizmodo.com/kodak-reveals-a-digital-super-8-camera-that-records-on-1751229439

Darkroom317 Loc: Mishawaka, IN

dragonfist wrote:

As I recall the Kodak film division was bought out and is being run by ex Kodak employees. I certainly hope that the introduction of new products bodes well for their future. Many of those folks who lost their jobs at Kodak were friends and neighbors.

Not the cinema division that is still owned by EK. Kodak Alaris markets and sells still films and other finishing products. All film is still produced by EK

dragonfist Loc: Stafford, N.Y.

Darkroom317 wrote:

Not the cinema division that is still owned by EK. Kodak Alaris markets and sells still films and other finishing products. All film is still produced by EK

Thanks for correcting my error. I did not realize that EK still had the cinema division.

rps Loc: Muskoka Ontario Canada

Are we going to see a retro revival of home movies like the puzzling revival of vinyl records? Why would anyone want to use a bulky old silent Super 8 film camera when you can take high quality video with stereo sound even on a cell phone?
What's next? An updated Commodore 64?

Darkroom317 Loc: Mishawaka, IN

rps wrote:

Are we going to see a retro revival of home movies like the puzzling revival of vinyl records? Why would anyone want to use a bulky old silent Super 8 film camera when you can take high quality video with stereo sound even on a cell phone?
What's next? An updated Commodore 64?

Silent? The camera records sound to an SD card. In addition Kodak offers scanning when they process. This gives you a digital file, as well as the actual film and a digital file of the sound.

http://www.kodak.com/ek/us/en/Consumer/Products/Super8/Super8_Design/default.htm

Also I understand that the registration and film gate has been vastly improved which give far better quality than the Super 8 that most are familiar with.

Still film sales are up and new films are being introduced.

rps Loc: Muskoka Ontario Canada

But other than nostalgia, why???

Darkroom317 Loc: Mishawaka, IN

rps wrote:

But other than nostalgia, why???

Difference of media. Why still have oil paints when acrylics dry faster and easier to clean up? Why make lithographs when you can make inkjet prints?

Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

MT Shooter wrote:

Yes, regular super 8, in 3 different emulsions, is back and available almost immediately. Gee, I guess I will have to quit giving away all those old Super 8 cameras in the store now?
It will come with a processing envelope included. (Anyone else remember those??)

I had a Regular-8 then a Super-8 camera when I was in the Navy back in the '60s. Had to buy mailers to get the film processed.