Re: Help! New to Super 8!
...in my long experience as collector of super-8 cameras, there is usually nothing to be done when camera's are broken and it's sometimes cheaper to get a 'new' 2ndhand one and it will save time too (searching for repair shops can be time consuming!)
Re: Help! New to Super 8!
Super-8 cameras that only partially work may still have value. If the light meter works, it can be used as a light meter once the exposure offset is known between the working super-8 camera and the non-working super-8 camera.
Also, a non-functioning super-8 camera can still be used as a director's viewer. The director can set up frames with the broken super-8 camera and have the camera person look at the framing, all without having to touch or move the functioning super-8 camera.
Re: Help! New to Super 8!
...and of course now there is the brand new KODAK super-8 camera :-) no more hassle with old ones, though the Kodak ones aren't cheap... oh well I'll stick to the good ol' ones :-)