Super 8 Stories

[Alex]

Cameraguy, That is EXCELLENT advice about carrying around Double-AA batteries AND PX-625 batteries when bargain hunting.

That advice alone is worth another topic post...(Tips when Bargain Hunting for Super-8 Cameras) feel free to start the topic if you like.

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ March 31, 2002 07:32 PM: Message edited by: Alex ]</font>

[Alex]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by 8th Man:
I plan on hitting some garage sales this summer and I know I'll run across a few S8 cams here and there, however the real trick is to find one in clean working order.Most folks having a yard sale probably don't think these cameras are worth all that much. I searched a lot of pawn shops last Christmas and found absolutely nothing in Super 8. Buyers at those shops think they're worth less than a VHS video camera from 1983. That's OK by me. It leaves a better chance at running across somthing interesting myself./QUOTE]


Choose one if you will....lets say there is a website for Garage Sales, and one of us posts that Super-8 Cameras are making a comeback, DO NOT THROW THEM AWAY...

The good news is, we may save thousands of Super-8 cameras from being thrown away....the bad news it could marginally increase the value and sell price placed on the Super-8 Cameras...

Question A, does anyone know of a good "Garage Sale, Rummage Sales" Internet set to post on?

and Question B, is it a greater good to make sure Super-8 Cameras are not needlessly thrown away by posting information about the cameras on "Rummage Sale" Internet sites...(assuming that they exist) even if it means the Super-8 cameras are priced higher as a result?

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ March 31, 2002 07:44 PM: Message edited by: Alex ]</font>

[Alex]

Well, I was videotaping in Los Angeles for a client...we were filming on Broadway Street in Downtown LA, doing a shot from our moving van when lo and behold, amidst the hustle and bustle of several hundred to a few thousand pedestrians, I saw someone shooting with a Super-8 Camera on the sidewalk!

Gotta sharpen my Super-8 Recognition Skills, I could not make out the make or model of the camera as we drove by, but it definitely was a Super-8 Camera.

[Alex]

Just thought I'd kick this back up to the top.

[Alex]

Hey 8th man, I remember your stories about finding American movies in China with the art work changed, (or something like that).

I also remember you being pissed off over my ebay adventure, other than that, you've been a stranger to this forum.