Crop factor for regular 8mm

[Patrick]

Seeing as the size of the regular 8mm frame is almost half of that of super 8, is there close to a 2x crop factor when comparing lens focal lengths and angles of view to super 8? For example, if you had a regular 8mm camera that has a 30mm lens, would the angle of view of that 30mm prime be close to that of a 60mm in super 8? Or are my calculations out of whack?

[Patrick]

I think my calculations are out. Despite what many sources indicate, the regular 8mm frame is not 50% smaller than super 8. I guess it might be right to call it a third smaller or something like that. A pity in a way as I was expecting some quite high magnifications with medium focal length lenses on regular 8mm.