New to super 8 and need help

[slanouette]

Hello everyone I recently got a hold of a canon zoom 318 and plan on using it to film my kids throughout thier life growing up. Anyway I have ordered film from pro8mm.com and by the time I get the finished product back ready to be projected its around 90 dollars! That is insane for 3 minutes of film! There has to be a cheaper way of going about this. Any help would be appreciated.

[PyrodsTechnology]

Since you are projecting your footage, i assume you are shooting reversal stock, so nowadays the best way to go is to home processing and telecine ( if you want save money). Moreover it is more fun. Hope it helps.
Roberto

[nikonr10]

Since you are projecting your footage, i assume you are shooting reversal stock, so nowadays the best way to go is to home processing and telecine ( if you want save money). Moreover it is more fun. Hope it helps.
Roberto

2nd that Roberto , Home processing is the way to go e6 / b/w ! save so much on cost ? being filming my son over the past 3/half years really become's his story , as well as mine
how fast there grow .
Shooting film has never been cheap ,

[Will2]

Film and processing are pretty much fixed costs, if you venture into home processing it will be an adventure for sure.

Where you can save money is in transfer. If you plan on doing this for many years to come I would invest in something like the Retro 8:

http://moviestuff.tv/moviestuff_home.html

Maybe a significant upfront cost but it will save you much money after a couple of years. Do the math yourself to verify. If I had known how much film I'd be shooting I would have easily bought something like a Retro-8. Watch out because it's a slippery slope all the way to 35mm once you get into film!

For inspiration here are a few Super 8 (and regular 8) home movies I've shot over the years...one thing I always liked to do with the kids is give them their own cameras, usually the inexpensive Canon 310XL Autofocus which are horrible in most cases but for kids the autofocus is actually useful. Plus, once it runs out of film it keeps making noise like its running so they don't complain about needing more film!

https://vimeo.com/28847135

https://vimeo.com/42938974

https://vimeo.com/45739056

https://vimeo.com/98823781

https://vimeo.com/11153293