What is the Super 8, State of the Union?

[Greg Crawford]

Feel free to go take this discussion in any direction you like.

What I am wondering about is are we making any headway in consistent Kodachrome processing? [img]graemlins/broken_heart.gif[/img] Last time I got film back, the rolls were plagued with the dreaded blue spots.

Other areas of concern for me, are jittery
cartridges [img]graemlins/devil.gif[/img] and cameras with poor registration.

[img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img] On the up side it seems like it's a buyers market now on Ebay.

[rollemfilm]

Until we can get someone to manufacture a new super 8 camera we run the risk of seeing super 8, at some point,dying off for good.

Bolex, Aaton, Nikon, Canon could pick up the ball and start running with it. Even if they are cameras we can't afford, we need the market to grow and expand.

We also need better repair services to maintain what cameras there are. I'm tired of these little shops with cranky old guys who can't answer the phone let alone fix a motion picture camera.

We need more shops like DU-ALL Camera, The Film Group and Pro 8 with inventive and creative ideas.

I'd like to see Ilford make super 8 and Reg 8mm film...HP5 is the best.

[Greg Crawford]

What do you like about HP5?

[rollemfilm]

Latitude and speed. HP5 will hold shadow areas so much better then Tri-X or T-Max films. Plus, to my eyes, it's always sharper. I noticed it from the first time I used it. It would be the perfect super 8 B&W negative film...It pushes well beyond it's rated speed, and stays sharp!! I have yet to be disappointed with HP5.