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William Doyle
Junior
Posts: 2
From: UK
Registered: Jan 2013

posted January 14, 2013 04:06 PM

Hi i have recently purchased an Eumig Mark M Super 8mm Projector and Eumigette super 8 camera off of Ebay.

I'm a current film student at University and bought the super 8 equipment as i love experimenting with many different types of Camera's and have always had an interest in Super 8

I look forward to reading and contributing to posts on this forum for advice on getting best results with prints as well as other Queries i may have.

Will

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Winbert Hutahaean
Film God

Posts: 5468
From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003

posted January 14, 2013 04:18 PM

Hi William, not meant to kill your joy but if you were talking shooting film with super 8 and get it printed, you came a little bit late. The film stock for super 8 was just discontinued last month by Kodak.

There is a rumor that Wittner in Germany will provide a copy of super 8 film stock using film from Fuji. But I am not sure.

However if you are looking for collecting packed films this is the right place.

Anyway welcome to the forum!

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Winbert

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Pasquale DAlessio
Film God

Posts: 3523
From: Bristol,RI, USA
Registered: May 2010

posted January 14, 2013 04:26 PM

William

Welcome to the forum!

Cheers!

PatD

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William Doyle
Junior
Posts: 2
From: UK
Registered: Jan 2013

posted January 14, 2013 05:28 PM

Thanks for the welcome guys,
Winbert, looking online there is a store in the UK which seems to sell the Super 8 film and develops the footage which i may look into, i would mostly be collecting films to watch on the projector though great to see some members on here selling on there films to other members.

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Claus Harding
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1149
From: Washington DC
Registered: Oct 2006

posted January 14, 2013 05:47 PM

Hi William and welcome,

You can still get Super-8 stock; Kodak isn't out of the game yet. Ektachrome got canned, but there's still Plus-X and they announced they would do Vision 3 in 50ASA at some point. From Spectra in LA you can get fine stocks (if you can stomach the price); they have a nice selection. S-8 negative is a lovely way to shoot; the latitude is amazing [Smile]

Claus.

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