8mm Forum: Super 8 data base

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Posted by John Richard Almond (Member # 2939) on 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/

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on 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.

Posted by John Richard Almond (Member # 2939) on 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??

Posted by Andrew Woodcock (Member # 3260) on 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.

Posted by Mathew James (Member # 4581) on 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

Posted by Andrew Woodcock (Member # 3260) on October 06, 2015, 08:28 AM:

Well done Mathew! [Smile]

Posted by Mathew James (Member # 4581) on October 06, 2015, 11:02 AM:

Thank-you Sir! [Smile]

Posted by Martin Jones (Member # 1163) on October 06, 2015, 01:39 PM:

Seems OK to me.

Posted by Andrew Woodcock (Member # 3260) on 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.

Posted by Brian Fretwell (Member # 4302) on October 06, 2015, 04:10 PM:

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

Posted by John Richard Almond (Member # 2939) on October 06, 2015, 05:43 PM:

Cheer lads. same here, still down.

Posted by Bill Phelps (Member # 1431) on October 24, 2015, 09:52 PM:

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

Bill [Frown]

Posted by Jason Schmidt (Member # 4526) on 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?

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on 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!

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on 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.

Posted by Andrew Woodcock (Member # 3260) on 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.

Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on 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.

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on November 14, 2015, 01:50 PM:

Thank you, Janice !

Posted by Andrew Woodcock (Member # 3260) on November 14, 2015, 02:22 PM:

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

Posted by Clinton Hunt (Member # 2072) on November 14, 2015, 05:03 PM:

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

Posted by John Richard Almond (Member # 2939) on November 14, 2015, 05:11 PM:

Thanks Janice, thanks for the link

Posted by Jonathan Trevithick (Member # 3066) on November 14, 2015, 06:01 PM:

That's great. Thanks for sharing, Janice!

Posted by Marc Marti (Member # 404) on December 13, 2015, 04:53 AM:

Important update about SUPER8DATA
==============================

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,...)

Posted by Andrew Woodcock (Member # 3260) on 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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