Books have become a little out of date. But  during research  on the subject of Single-8, specialist author Jürgen Lossau suddenly came across all kinds of new information about the origins of Fuji's film format. And about thousands of Fujica cameras and films that were produced but could not be sold because the companies that wanted to agree on a new format could not agree. And then there was the mysterious golden Fujica and its secret history.

Because of this Lossau is now planning the book "The Single-8 Story" - because the film system will be 60 next year, just like Super 8. a crowdfunding campaign  At least 300 interested people are being sought for the book. This would cover the costs for layout and printing. If you would like to be involved, you can find the details here: https://www.mysuper8.net/shop/single-8-story/

And here are the topics of the book:

• Why FUJIFILM built thousands of cameras and films in 1964 for a narrow film format that didn't even exist

• What really happened when Kodak left the joint working group for a new film format with FUJFILM, Canon, Konica, Agfa, Yashica and Bell & Howell in early 1964

• Sakura Film: Why Sakura Film is recommended in the cassette compartments of Konica Single-8 cameras, but was never available for purchase

• The Secret of the Golden Fujica P1: A Camera as a Trophy

• Disassembled Fujica P1: The 200 parts of the camera

• ELMO C-300 - The most universal of all narrow film cameras: Single-8, Super 8, Double 8, Double Super 8

• FUJICA ZS400: The only optical sound camera for narrow film

• A Facade Like a Film Package: A Japanese Man and His Single-8 House

• Commercials about FUJIFILM Single-8 with direct QR codes to watch

• Japanese toys: Single-8 cameras as water pistols, lamps or construction kits

• My Single-8 – the Japanese magazine for filmmakers

• ELMO, Canon, Konica, Yashica – everything about the 13 Single-8 models from other manufacturers

• A Japanese actress who became a Single 8 advertising icon

• Shigeo Mizukawa: All prototypes of the Single-8 models from FUJIFILM

• Albrecht Graf Goertz: A German designs two Single-8 cameras for FUJIFILM

• Too short: The Agfa Single-8 film

• Fujica Single-8: All models, all data

• The camera that never came to market: Gakken Single-8

• 60 Years of Single-8: Which Films There Were in the Past, Which Films There Are Today

• Elmo Single-8 cameras: The tricky ones with mirror and rewind

• Single-8 – the Japanese feature film made in 2023