Kodak Super 8 film is BACK!!!!!
Jan 6, 2016 15:25:54 #
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??)
It will come with a processing envelope included. (Anyone else remember those??)
Is this what you mean - for the new Super 8 cameras?
http://motion.kodak.com/motion/products/production/spotlight_on_super_8/super_8mm_products/index.htm
http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/5/10719012/kodaks-new-gadget-is-a-super-8-film-camera-and-it-kind-of-warms-my
Jan 6, 2016 17:47:35 #
This is exactly the type of thinking that has made Kodak the giant in the industry that it is today.
Jan 6, 2016 19:41:58 #
jerryc41 wrote:
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
http://gizmodo.com/kodak-reveals-a-digital-super-8-camera-that-records-on-1751229439
Now if EK will bring back kodachrome I can shoot my old Canon EF35mm camera and the A1 as well.
Jan 6, 2016 21:54:59 #
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?
What's next? An updated Commodore 64?
Do you listen to music digitally because it's easier or because it sounds better? Either answer, or both, is an opinion (or preference), but not a fact.
By definition, any digital recording is incomplete. No matter how many dots you have, there is a space between each one. It's worth putting up with the static to enjoy ALL of the music. That's right. I can hear the parts that were left behind.
In addition, there is the fact that an entire world of music is available only in analogue form.
Jan 6, 2016 22:01:29 #
DJO wrote:
In addition, there is the fact that an entire world of music is available only in analogue form.
In addition, there is the fact that an entire world of music is available only in analogue form.
Not true some music come from digital synthesizers and it no more analog than a CD.
Jan 6, 2016 22:19:12 #
If you are into 8mm, try to get an old Eumig projector.I picked up one at a garage sale a couple of years ago. It was a truly remarkable piece of technology and engineering for its time (mid sixties maybe... not sure...)It handles both 8 and Super 8.It is self threading. It has a zoom lens. And I was able to replace the bulb easily with an ordinary household halogen bulb. It also purrs and clicks along nicely. In dubbing old films to DVD I often record the running sound of the projector along with the images.
Jan 6, 2016 22:36:12 #
I am feeling a sense of nostalgia here. I wonder where the camera and film will be produced. It would be nice if it was here in Rochester.
Jan 6, 2016 23:53:25 #
It's not nostalgia. Video is "the news". Film has depth and quality.
Quentin Tarantino has called digital movies "TV outdoors".
Also vinyl sounds much better than digital. Pay more attention to your senses of sight and sound.
Quentin Tarantino has called digital movies "TV outdoors".
Also vinyl sounds much better than digital. Pay more attention to your senses of sight and sound.
Jan 7, 2016 02:55:18 #
BebuLamar wrote:
Not true some music come from digital synthesizers and it no more analog than a CD.
I was referring to thousands of recordings on vinyl that will never make it to i-Tunes, to masters tucked away in vaults that will never again see the light of day, and to vinyl recordings numbering in tens or even hundreds of thousands whose masters have long since been destroyed.
Jan 7, 2016 11:40:04 #
wj cody
Loc: springfield illinois
BebuLamar wrote:
Not true some music come from digital synthesizers and it no more analog than a CD.
not true again. the new releases are analogue to analogue. some of the new bands and individual musicians are recording to analogue tape machines. see UHA (united home audio). open reel is also back in a big way. mobile fidelity is also releasing new material, all analogue and of course, all vinyl. over 6 million new records sold in the U.S. in 2015. this is not counting the number of used records sold by independent record retailers. notably, the buyers are young people who have no previous experience with vinyl. they are also buying turntables, new and used, as fast as the new ones can be produced. it is interesting to note that both cd and streaming services are flat, and cd sales and production are decreasing. in the world of music there are now a number of ways to listen - it just matters on individual preference.
looking at cd sales, it is interesting to note the purchasers are older people, 50 or plus years. it seems that is the where the term "nostalgia" might fit. but for younger folks purchasing vinyl, again, no nostalgia there.
Jan 7, 2016 11:42:59 #
wj cody wrote:
not true again. the new releases are analogue to a... (show quote)
If you use an analog taper recorder and make vinyl from it and make the recording via microphone still not true analog if all the musical intruments used to play the piece are digital instruments.
Jan 7, 2016 12:13:07 #
wj cody
Loc: springfield illinois
BebuLamar wrote:
If you use an analog taper recorder and make vinyl from it and make the recording via microphone still not true analog if all the musical intruments used to play the piece are digital instruments.
ah, but they are not. they may not be all acoustic instruments, but electronic instruments (guitar for instance) are not digital. i play both classical and jazz, (different instruments, of course), the latter through tube amplifiers.
now if you want drum machines and techno pop, then you do get what you pay for, and you certainly pay for what you get!
Jan 7, 2016 12:50:25 #
azted
Loc: Las Vegas, NV.
I recently started a collection of reel to reel classical music. I also now have Teac, Sony and Akai tape decks, and find that I enjoy music so much more from that medium than from CD's. Is this nostalgia, or a real preference to how music, and video are enjoyed?
Jan 7, 2016 13:23:34 #
wj cody
Loc: springfield illinois
azted wrote:
I recently started a collection of reel to reel classical music. I also now have Teac, Sony and Akai tape decks, and find that I enjoy music so much more from that medium than from CD's. Is this nostalgia, or a real preference to how music, and video are enjoyed?
back in the 1960's and 1970's open reel decks were considered superior to vinyl. the latest, and really expensive decks, seem to validate that observation.
i do remember being at a party in Boston, where the host was a professor at MIT. he was running jazz tapes on a Teac deck 10" reels and i spent the night doing three things: 1. drinking his scotch; 2. ignoring the girls; 3. drooling over what i was hearing.
the next month, i bought my first open reel 7" deck. i still think, if you've the time and space, it is the very best way to go in listening to music.
good for you!!!
Jan 7, 2016 13:24:34 #
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