Ooops...

[Alex]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=1381082405

And there have been four bids on this Super-8 "video" camera.


THIS ITEM FOR BIDS IS A GOOD CONDITION ELMO 55MM VIDEO RECORDER CAMERA THE PIECE NEEDS ABATTERY AND THATS ABOUT IT. IT IS SERIAL #607256 IT HAS THE COVER AND ADJUSTABLE ZOOM HAS ADJUSTABLE VOLUMEIMPUT EARPHONE HOOKUPAUX SELECTOR AND MIC ATTACHMENT. I HAVE THE MIC. IN ANOTHER AUCTION TOO!HAS A BATTERY EXT. RUN AND LOCKONE OF THE GREAT OLD CAMERAS . YOU DONT GET THE TAPE INSIDE. LORD KNOWS WHAT IS ON IT. HAS THE ORIGINAL STRAP AND IS LOOKING GOOD. BUYER PAYS SHIPPPING . PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS. I TAK ALL ONLINE AND OFFLINE PAYMENTS.I HAVE MORE ELECTRICAL AND ANTIQUES ON AUCTION .NOT A DEALER SO ALL AUCTIONS GET THE PRICE THEY DESERVE. 1.00 START CAND NO RES. GOOD LUCK.

[BolexPlusx]

...and I've gotten some of my best buys because people "hide" stuff like this in the wrong category. I sure hope whoever gets it isn't really expecting a camcorder, it could mean yet another super 8 camera on it's way to the dump instead of keeping up the demand for film.

It's funny the way a modern technology warps people's perceptions and terminology, kind of like as if it has always existed. A couple of weeks ago I saw some "Silent Super-8 Films with Closed Captions" on E-bay. I was puzzled for a moment until I realized they meant "subtitled".

(This isn't the first Super-8 "camcorder", with a "tape" in it I've seen either)

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ September 21, 2002 06:56 PM: Message edited by: BolexPlusx ]</font>

[cameraguy]

I saw one where the seller said that he put batteries in and could here the camera recording but that he couldn't figure out how to hook it up to the tv to see how it looked. [img]redface.gif[/img]

[BolexPlusx]

Turnabout is fair play...
This may be a sign I'm starting to run out of ideas, but I intend to make a film about filmmaking. (title: Persistence of Vision)For a little comedy I'm going to borrow a camcorder and film myself holding it and cartridge of Super-8, trying to insert the cartridge in the camcorder, and concluding that these things will just never catch on....

When I start making films about making films about filmmaking, then I guess I'll stop and find another hobby.