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From: United Kingdom
Registered: Jan 2013
posted July 22, 2013 06:12 AM
MINT condition Canon AUTO FOCUS Super 8 cameras (with perfectly clear lenses and fully functioning) with original accessories, instructions plus original retail boxes and packaging.
posted July 23, 2013 05:36 AM
When I bought my Cosina 204XL in 1979, it was the latest thing in Super 8, taking 200ft cartridges as well as the standard 50ft. it retailed at £250, and I paid £199, from Perry's Movies. Unfortunately, sound cameras are worth very little now, I have even seen the Beaulei going cheap. Although I can run silent film in my camera, it will run at 20 and 26 fps, instead of 18 and 24. So now it's lying in a spare room in fab condition along with 2 unused Ektachrome Sound cartridges with an expiry date of 1987.
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From: Brussels, Belgium
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posted July 23, 2013 11:08 AM
As I wrote in another topic, there is a British company (but I don't remember the name) that offers Super 8 black and white sound cartridges. As they explain on their site, they are out dated (from a specific year) Kodak sound cartridges that they process in black and white (reversal). This is of course expensive but could be usefull for someone who needs sync sound or just wishes to use his sound camera once again...
posted July 25, 2013 08:31 AM
you can always goes OLDSCHOOL by using a sync tape. and record on a tape. like they did on the early Star Wars 200ft release.
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From: Brussels, Belgium
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posted July 25, 2013 08:46 AM
Bill, I don't remember the name of the company, I came across their site by chance, looking for something else. I tried to find them back but I couldn't. I am limited at the moment to my mobile phone to surf on the Net. It is, as I wrote, oudated Kodak sound cartridges from a specific year (because they made tests and this year batch had constant results). They can process the cartridges but in black and white. Maybe someone known the name of the company and could give the link to their site.
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posted July 26, 2013 06:39 AM
Well Dominique, I'd honestly like to think that I would have found or heard of any current producers of Super 8 sound stock; especially here in the UK.
However, if anyone knows of any please say? As I'd truly love to shoot some. I used to shoot Super 8 sound films on a regular basis.
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From: Long Island, NY, USA
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posted July 26, 2013 01:40 PM
I remember the conversation, somewhere, recently...and it had to be on a film discussion board because nobody around me ever talks about this stuff! (This is why we have film conventions...)
-but as much as I dig, I can't seem to find the thread.
At least if I was going to hallucinate, it would be something I'd really want like "New color reversal" or "Vast warehouse full of new Elmo projectors and spares found!".
-------------------- All I ask is a wide screen and a projector to light her by...