Regular 8mm users don't need no forum?

[VideoFred]

Hello Standard8 and welcome here.

Wrong link... must be: http://www.standard8.org
Very nice website and very good work.


Fred.

[Mitch Perkins]

I was realizing that with all this talk about moviflexes and every single other super 8 camera out there (how they read or won't read 64, etc) that regular 8mm users must be a separate group that probably don't need much help in using their cameras. So, how about a poll.

I'd like to make a distinction between needing a forum to get help with R8, and having a forum to talk about it. I think this forum suits both nicely.

I like S8 for the larger image area, and the opportunity to use some of the newest emulsions (negs). I also like big crush zones, as found on 70's automobiles. (heh)

Mitch

[Patrick]

Nice new avatar, Mitch.

[mediumformatphoto]

I love Regular8, and primarily shoot with two great cameras, both very different from each other: a Bolex H8 and a Beaulieu MR8 Reflex.

The Bolex is a professional camera and functions flawlessly. The Switar 5.5mm is an awesome lens.

The Beaulieu MR8 is about the sexiest camera you can shoot with, and is loaded with features inlcuding sibngle frame, variable shutter, reflex viewer, rewind/backwind, etc. It is not as smooth or as accurate as the Bolex, but it yields unique, wonderful footage. I have both the stock Angenieux 6-36mm variable zoom, and a perfect Schneider 1.8 8-48mm variable zoom.

In my experience, no Super8 camera is as robust or solid as either of these 1950ish Regular8 cameras, and I've used an R-10, Bauer, Nizo, etc.

I love the Regular8 format and would love to have a group of dedicated users to share experiences etc.

Thanks,
R.J.

[Mitch Perkins]

Nice new avatar, Mitch.

$750.00 purchase with new paint/shocks/tires all around, $500.00 certification, 6 cyl, 4-barrel carb, smooth as sh*t from a ducks ass.


This beautiful Pontiac Grand Prix was built in 1979, only 14 years after the introduction of Super 8. ~:?)

Look for it in the upcoming sequel to "The Incredible Hulk". At minimum $115 per day rental to the production, ten days will pay for the whole kit and kaboodle (after-market kaboodle).

Mitch

[standard8]

I love the Regular8 format and would love to have a group of dedicated users to share experiences etc.

Thanks,
R.J.

If you have something in mind, a forum or faq's or something and there is enough interest i will gladly put something on my site.

let me know.

[tinhorn]

Nice new avatar, Mitch.

Look for it in the upcoming sequel to "The Incredible Hulk". At minimum $115 per day rental to the production, ten days will pay for the whole kit and kaboodle (after-market kaboodle).

Mitch

I was actually wondering about "car" resources in Canada.
Say I wanted a little Carmen Gia or something for a short. Are there contacts out there (Ontario/West Quebec) for old car rentals by the hour?

Re:topic
So far I prefer reg8, mainly for the weight of the cameras. I have a satisfyingly heavy Revere from 1953.

[Mitch Perkins]

Nice new avatar, Mitch.

Look for it in the upcoming sequel to "The Incredible Hulk". At minimum $115 per day rental to the production, ten days will pay for the whole kit and kaboodle (after-market kaboodle).

Mitch

I was actually wondering about "car" resources in Canada.
Say I wanted a little Carmen Gia or something for a short. Are there contacts out there (Ontario/West Quebec) for old car rentals by the hour?

Sadly, we're now out of the picture, as they have reposted the request with the qualifier "neutral colours". You can see from the avatar we don't fit the new bill. ~:?(

If I were you I'd Google "picture cars" along with your area.

Re:topic
So far I prefer reg8, mainly for the weight of the cameras. I have a satisfyingly heavy Revere from 1953.

Yep. Nikon R10 is good for that in S8.

The thing about Reg 8 is the image being between the perfs, allowing for an extremely wide aspect ratio with no modification except a full-view projector gate. Neat.

Actually, much of the Reg 8 I see has image out to the perf side edge, some not. Some cameras might require gate widening - no biggie.

Mitch

[studiocarter]

Blue Audio Visual, I guess one possible idea would be to compile and print a leaflet explaining the basics of regular 8 camera use, exposure, film (daylight and tungsten) and filters and hand this out to each customer that puchases a regular 8mm camera. Hopefully, this will lead to less verbal explaining.

or make a web page - cheaper

I voted that R8 needs less help. Lots of R8 cams have the daylight sunlight dials. If you have the film that matches the dial it works great. Parallax is the hardest part, that, and close filming of titles in focus. Just use bright sun and f16. Shine a flashlight through the open gate when empty to line it up.

A forum would be nice because it is difficult to wade through all the other stuff to find R8 topics.

Michael Carter

[Bjarne Eldhuset]

Or at least when one posts stuff about regular 8, one could write something search-friendly in the title, like for example:

R8 - Camera/Subject - Question

Btw, anyone know what happened to the FAQPOST stuff?

[studiocarter]

I've started a regular 8mm users group on yahoo.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/regular8mm

It took about 5 tries to get it to accept the application but it finally took on this version. I'm new and don't really know what to do next.??

[Regular8]

I have been a Regular 8 user for years but have used both formats. I prefer the regular 8 because it is more compact...my 40's era B&H Filmo Companion is indestructible, you can change lenses and filters easily...Fstop changes are a snap and flipping the roll is easy. No need for a battery.

It gets the looks by people at events also and they seem to straighten up when they are being recorded by REAL MOVIE FILM. Think I am some sort of a professional when this was the norm in the 50's and 60's.

Send the Kodachrome to Duwayne's via Walmart and it comes back in about a week., split and almost always spliced backwards!! No problem since I run through editor and re-edit and double splice everything.

Only problem I see on the horizon is getting K-14 processing into the future and re-perfed 16mm. Keep all my spools and cans that Duwayne returns.

[aj]

Well, Wittner currently has this in the list:
http://www.wittner-kinotechnik.de/katal ... _filmm.php

Wittner: CHROME 40T
Enthält Kodak Kodachrome 40

KODAK / Eastman Ektachrome VNF 7240 DOPPEL-8

Wittner: CHROME 100D
KODAK Ektachrome 100D (7285) DOPPEL-8

Wittner: PXR 100
Enthält Kodak Plus-X (7265) DOPPEL-8


FOMA Fomapan R100

Should be good for a bit of filming.