8mm Forum: For Robert Lee and all members!

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Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on March 25, 2017, 11:43 AM:

Robert Lee brought up a very good question ...

How to actually find all those wonderful super 8, standard 8 and 16Mm goodies found on ebay and otherwise ...

I'll re-state what advice i gave Robert here ...

The way i have always used is either one way or another ...

when it comes to ebay, i'll save in my purchased film lists, the item, so that i can click on that old auction, and on the top, it will usually list (as to where it was found) "Film Stock", then, you simplly click on that, and it will bring up on the left, all the different film stocks ebay lists, 35MM, 16MM, 8MM and Super 8MM, then you simply click those buttons on the left and WHIZ BANG!!

You're right there!

Now, make sure that you look at both "8mm" AND also "Super 8" as, one will have things listed in the one, and the other topic will have other prints not listed in the other one, so look at both of them, at least 7 days ahead, and do that once a week. it's usually about 7 or 8 pages you need to go thru (also click at the top "Ending soonest'), and it doesn't take too much time to do, once a week!

Otherwise, just type in, in that top box, "Film Stocks" and make sure in the box just to the right, that it states "all categories" as, sometimes, some films get "lost in translation", due to strange listings of them on ebay.

Now, I listed my advice ...

Do any other professional super 8/standard 8mm collectors, on this forum, have any other advice that would not only benefit Robert, but the film community entire on this forum? [Smile]

Posted by Will Trenfield (Member # 5321) on March 25, 2017, 09:29 PM:

I'm an amateur. General dealers posting on eBay have little idea about cine so might not quote Super or Regular 8 in their listings. One item I spotted was for a boxed Photax 400' plastic case containing a reel of film which the seller said might be of use to somebody. It turned out to be a full reel of someone's holiday around the lakes of Switzeland in perfect colour and condition. Not a bad buy, given that the post and packing cost more than the film.

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