Hello there!

I am looking into buying a super 8 camera and film to just film things as a hobby. I know very little about film and cameras other than the digital photography class I took in my college and that was for photo cameras, not video cameras. After I figure it out I would like to film my vacations with my girlfriend with it. The only thing I cannot figure out in doing my research is what the differences in all of the different cameras available are and the differences in all of the films needed. I think I read most cartridges are something like only 2 and a half minutes long? So I need to buy a big stock pile of them? And does it matter which cartridge I buy? Is there a universally safe one to pick? I do not have a lot of money. At all. lol. So I'm not looking for high quality or top of the line stuff here. Do I need special equipment to be able to watch these cartridges once filmed? Or to merge them all together somehow? Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you.