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[maestro]

I have recently acquired a 1958 Konica Zoom 8 movie camera and know next to nothing about it. I am trying to get some film for it and was wondering if modern 8mm film would work. If so, what kind?

Here is a link to the Kodak webpage that lists different kinds of 8mm film. Would any of these work?
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/s8mm/product.jhtml?id=0.1.4.14.4&lc=en

 

[BenB]

Wow, I haven't touched 8mm film since I was 15 years old, with my dad's old Brownie wind-up camera. I won't even say what year that was, but it was before a lot of y'all were born, to say the least.

8mm is fun, it's tons cheaper than real film (16mm, 35mm, etc). The draw back is you either have to edit it like we did back in 1975 with a razor blade and film splicing tape, or pay a TON of money to transfer it to a digital format you can use with your NLE.

But if you can afford it, it is fun. I have no idea where to get 8mm film or anything anymore. All the films listed on the Kodak site are fine. You're going to have to read through all that technical data on each, and get self-educated, if you're going to actually use that camera. 75% of that data is BS anyway, just read through it.

Best of luck, and have a lot of fun! Super 8 can be pretty interesting to work with!

 

[maestro]

thank you very much!