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John Richard Almond
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 103
From: England
Registered: Feb 2012

posted October 06, 2015 04:38 AM

This site has been on my favorites list for ages but now it seems it has gone. Anyone else checked this link.

http://www.super8data.com/

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

Posts: 7016
From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted October 06, 2015 04:58 AM

Yes

I saw the same when I checked it yesterday. I use it pretty often, so I'd say it hasn't been down very long.

Super-8 Wiki is based on the same data:

Super-8 Wiki

-but I like how Super-8 database is organized better.

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John Richard Almond
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 103
From: England
Registered: Feb 2012

posted October 06, 2015 05:12 AM

Thanks for the link, id forgotten about wiki site.
Wonder if the author knows his site is down........anyone know the author of the super8data site??

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Andrew Woodcock
Film God

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From: Manchester Uk
Registered: Aug 2012

posted October 06, 2015 07:13 AM

I don't remember who the author is but this has happened many times previously while the site has been updated or during server technical issues.

If you did enough research on here John, someone somewhere did know of the author and I think he may have contacted once before when this kind of thing was happening.

As you say it is almost an essential website for any newcomer to the hobby and extremely useful even to the most seasoned collector so let's just hope, like before,
It comes back soon.

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"C'mon Baggy..Get with the beat"

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Mathew James
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 740
From: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Dec 2014

posted October 06, 2015 08:24 AM

Carlos Pradera
Carlos Pradera
Ctra Argentona 12, Esc E, Bajos 4
Vilassar de Mar, Barcelona 08340
SPAIN
Telephone: 34658135015

The owner/admin is from Spain as above. The webpage is paid up until 2018, so my guess is the database went down and the ISP has no idea, and the owner hasn't been checking lately. This happens to me from time to time on certain sites i administer and it is very frustrating. The ISP's should have a mechanism to tell them when customer sites are unreachable...but they don't care...they just want the money upfront and that is that.
It is a great site, and I am certain it will be up again soon!
Cheers,
Matt

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Andrew Woodcock
Film God

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From: Manchester Uk
Registered: Aug 2012

posted October 06, 2015 08:28 AM

Well done Mathew! [Smile]

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Mathew James
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 740
From: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Dec 2014

posted October 06, 2015 11:02 AM

Thank-you Sir! [Smile]

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Martin Jones
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1269
From: Thetford , Norfolk,England
Registered: May 2008

posted October 06, 2015 01:39 PM

Seems OK to me.

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Retired TV Service Engineer
Ongoing interest in Telecine....

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Andrew Woodcock
Film God

Posts: 7477
From: Manchester Uk
Registered: Aug 2012

posted October 06, 2015 03:24 PM

Hopefully it's up and running again then Martin! I'll just check. [Smile]

Nope, well not for me at least. [Frown]

Just the web servers default page.

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Brian Fretwell
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1785
From: London, UK
Registered: Jun 2014

posted October 06, 2015 04:10 PM

Same default page here. Martin could be seeing a version cached somewhere before the fault, I suppose.

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John Richard Almond
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 103
From: England
Registered: Feb 2012

posted October 06, 2015 05:43 PM

Cheer lads. same here, still down.

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Bill Phelps
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1482
From: USA
Registered: Jan 2009

posted October 24, 2015 09:52 PM

Still down....I do hope they get it running again. The site is very useful.

Bill [Frown]

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Jason Schmidt
Film Handler

Posts: 99
From: Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Registered: Nov 2014

posted October 29, 2015 08:42 PM

Did that website (or any site for that matter) have a comprehensive list of what was ever offered on super 8? Does such a thing exist?

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

Posts: 7016
From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted October 29, 2015 08:52 PM

It was (hopefully will be again...) a pretty decent list of equipment manufactured for Super-8, and other things like camera film (mostly obsolete now).

As far as we've discussed here, there never has been a comprehensive list of commercial films printed in the 8mm gauges. There were so many small companies printing films that nobody could ever know them all.

I've been following one publisher of Super-8 railroad films semi-rabidly since my teens and every year I still find two or three from them I've never heard of before!

I want to know: Is there a 16mm Database anywhere? I'm doing a little low level inquiry into that realm and I'm finding I have no idea what's out there!

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

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From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted November 14, 2015 04:25 AM

Well, the link is no longer dead.

It comes up as Wittner Cinetec, but it is at least no longer dead.

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Andrew Woodcock
Film God

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From: Manchester Uk
Registered: Aug 2012

posted November 14, 2015 04:48 AM

Maybe the owner of the web site, Super8data.com, no longer pays for the site to be active. Very sad though if this is the case. It was first point of reference for many whenever equipment of interest becomes available for sale.

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Janice Glesser
Film Goddess

Posts: 3468
From: Sunnyvale, CA USA
Registered: Sep 2011

posted November 14, 2015 01:47 PM

I miss this site also. It's been such a valuable source of information. The wiki is better than nothing, but I don't like it. However check out Van Eck Video Services page... http://www.van-eck.net/itable.php?lang=en&size=0&cat=film&merk=none&type=none. I don't know how complete it is, but the information looks like it came for the Super 8 database.

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Dominique De Bast
Film God

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From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jun 2013

posted November 14, 2015 01:50 PM

Thank you, Janice !

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Andrew Woodcock
Film God

Posts: 7477
From: Manchester Uk
Registered: Aug 2012

posted November 14, 2015 02:22 PM

A great substitute Janice! Thank you and well done for bringing that page to our attention! [Smile]

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Clinton Hunt
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Waharoa,North Island,New Zealand
Registered: May 2010

posted November 14, 2015 05:03 PM

I agree ... Well done Janice ... A good site you put us onto! [Smile]

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John Richard Almond
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 103
From: England
Registered: Feb 2012

posted November 14, 2015 05:11 PM

Thanks Janice, thanks for the link

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Jonathan Trevithick
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 569
From: Gold Coast Australia
Registered: May 2012

posted November 14, 2015 06:01 PM

That's great. Thanks for sharing, Janice!

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Marc Marti
Film Handler

Posts: 66
From: La Vall d'Uixo (Spain)
Registered: Jun 2005

posted December 13, 2015 04:53 AM

Important update about SUPER8DATA
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I phoned Carles yesterday, and he told me that both the domain and THE CONTENT of super8data are now property of Wittner.
The domain is now redirected to Wittner's website -as all of you have noticed-, but the content should be online again very soon.

Carles is also away from the super-8 world now, so please don't try to contact him about these issues. And please, don't publish personal info about him (phone, adress,...)

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Marc

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Andrew Woodcock
Film God

Posts: 7477
From: Manchester Uk
Registered: Aug 2012

posted December 13, 2015 05:40 AM

No of course not.
Let's just hope Wittners do the honourable thing here now, and bring the web pages back to life again for every enthusiast out there both current and future ones!

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