Technical data

The topics of this issue:

The new Kodak Super 8 camera: “Later this year”

Will it come or not? And if so, how much will it cost? News about a camera everyone thought was dead. In a comprehensive cover story, Jürgen Lossau explores what's happened to the camera in recent years and what the prospects are for seeing the hybrid model in use this year.

Yves Béhar: The camera design of a film enthusiast

His parents were filmmakers, and at 12, he shot and spliced ​​his own Super 8 films. Designer Yves Béhar was commissioned to design the Super 8 camera for Kodak and describes his work.

Hi-Tech made by Kodak – the changed technical data

At its core, the Kodak Super 8 camera has remained true to its predecessor, as it was presented at the 2016 CES trade show. However, there are some changes to the details, such as the housing, the battery, and the software.

Double 8 is twice as fun: Filming with 8mm spring-action cameras

Florian Cramer introduces interesting 8mm cameras and explains why working with the double-8 film format is so wonderfully analog. Old-school craftsmanship, slower than Super 8.

Tour de Film: Ten years of bicycle racing accompanied

Andreas Scheffer has shot an entertaining, very personal 15-minute documentary on Super 8. It's about nimble drivers, big bellies, and small children – a film with idiosyncratic visual effects. In this interview, he talks about the idea behind this film.

Skater on Super 8: Dan Schulz mixes digital with analog

Skaters and their tricks – that's the passion of Berlin native Dan Schulz. It can take several hours of digital filming to achieve a successful stunt. That would be unaffordable in Super 8. But Schulz captures the surroundings, the atmosphere, and the beautiful images with his Nizo.

Prototypes – never-built film cameras

Whether 8mm, Super 8, Single 8, Double Super 8, or 16mm – in all film formats, there are many camera designs that never came to fruition. We present some particularly special examples here – as a foretaste of the upcoming book PROTOTYPE.

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