Good old Double 8... I started making home movies using the same format, although it was already since long outdated at that time. The films were still available at some photo shops. The cost of the material forced you to think about every meter you shot. I also shot quite a few movies using Super 8. Ah good memories...
I didn't have or use 8 mm film but I did use super 8. Used a very expensive camera a Bolex S155. It didn't have a lot of self controlled settings. Most adjustments were manual and the lens glass was really sharp. Super 8 film was loaded into plastic cartridges, 50 feet in length ( about 3.5 mins. of shooting time). When complete, the package was sent in to be processed. Two weeks later you got your film back on plastic reels with white leader attached. If you were like me, you would need to splice the reels together to complete the total film story. Sometimes, I would have to put together as many 5 or 6 reels. larger steel reels were needed to hold all of this film. An editor was used and the projector was a Kodak also but the film was threaded automatically. My model also had a zoom lens to adjust the size of the final image. what killed this projector was the main gear that drove the machinery. It stripped out and there wasn't a replacement available. Then came Beta video tape. A whole new story was then started. Another bunch of money spent for this format. The nicest thing about video tape was sound was included.
I thought I remember Super 8 having sound right at the end ? Yes when they made tape affordable to the public it killed a lot of film. I think Beta was best but the public bought VHS so that is how it went.
Wolverine Digital Movie Maker I have a video demonstration of the machine on this channel you will have to search this channel I don't have the link shows the machine and method.
Good old Double 8... I started making home movies using the same format, although it was already since long outdated at that time. The films were still available at some photo shops. The cost of the material forced you to think about every meter you shot.
I also shot quite a few movies using Super 8. Ah good memories...
Great thanks for this video from Manchester England 👍
Appreciate it hope it helped you out some
I didn't have or use 8 mm film but I did use super 8. Used a very expensive camera a Bolex S155. It didn't have a lot of self controlled settings. Most adjustments were manual and the lens glass was really sharp. Super 8 film was loaded into plastic cartridges, 50 feet in length ( about 3.5 mins. of shooting time). When complete, the package was sent in to be processed. Two weeks later you got your film back on plastic reels with white leader attached. If you were like me, you would need to splice the reels together to complete the total film story. Sometimes, I would have to put together as many 5 or 6 reels. larger steel reels were needed to hold all of this film. An editor was used and the projector was a Kodak also but the film was threaded automatically. My model also had a zoom lens to adjust the size of the final image. what killed this projector was the main gear that drove the machinery. It stripped out and there wasn't a replacement available. Then came Beta video tape. A whole new story was then started. Another bunch of money spent for this format. The nicest thing about video tape was sound was included.
I thought I remember Super 8 having sound right at the end ? Yes when they made tape affordable to the public it killed a lot of film. I think Beta was best but the public bought VHS so that is how it went.
can you view slides with this as well?
No, only standard 8mm film black and white or color shot at about 16 frames per second.
May I ask who or what did you use to transfer these to another, newer viewing method?
Wolverine Digital Movie Maker I have a video demonstration of the machine on this channel you will have to search this channel I don't have the link shows the machine and method.