How to Shoot on Super 8 Movie Film 

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It's insane how the quality of personal video cameras in the 60s-70s were better than the quality of most personal cams from the 80s to less than decade ago.

In my work, I am currently digitizing old Super 8 and Standard 8 reels for clients. I have known the format since I was a kid, but never felt the need to know it better, when I got older. In this world of 4K footage, H.264 and 128 GB memory cards, I have only huge respect for this format, even when it is mostly without sound. I salute you, Willem.

Can't help but feel tempted to try Super 8 after watching all those yearly-ish films by Adrian Bliss.

I’ve been trying to find a working super 8 camera for years, and I finally did today, and it just happens to be the exact same model from this video! I’m super excited to use it!

The look of your Tokyo/Nyc vacation is nice. The scenes are perfectly exposed and everythings just so smooth in comparison too digitally edited clips.

production quality of your videos are so good, man. keep crushing it!

In the early seventies, my father bought exactly the same camera, I was 7 years old. It was a great discovery for me, my love for filming began at that time.

I got that same camera and your content is PERFECT for what I was hunting on, very curious to try filming with one of my vintage video cameras!

I've had this Super 8 for at least 5 years and I just got it working for the first time

Thanks for sharing this! I've been looking at scoring a Canon 518 for the past few weeks. Thank you for sharing the knowledge! Also, keep up the great work!

$25 for development and scanning?! link me, everywhere i’ve looked it’s upwards of $40

Right as I buy a super 8 camera, you upload this video. God bless.

The films were beautiful. Thank you!

My guy never fails on the detail and depth of his explanations

This was a really good and helpful breakdown. Thank you

Great run through, been meaning to try this out

So good info in a short video, thanks so much for this!

Such a good video man 👏🏽 love the info and cool video style you got

I'm an old fart, so I started with Regular 8 film before we had Super 8 film. With Regular 8, you'd run through 25 feet of film and after that, flip the film over and shoot the other 25 feet. During processing, the film was split down the middle and the two parts were spliced together. Regular 8 was shot at 16 FPS. The switch to Super 8 was a real improvement, but Kodak changed the frame rate to 18 FPS. I was unhappy about that because it gave a slightly shorter run time. I can't recall the exact year, but around 1970, Kodak introduced Sound movies on Super 8. It was wonderful!!! I still have my old cameras and projectors. I may have to try out the Super 8 negative film for fun.

Awesome man :) I've always wanted to shoot super 8 and you're a massive inspiration for my channel

I'm 15 and I just found a super 8 at my local junk/antique shop. It's a viceroy and it's only $30. I'm gonna get it.

Nice tutorial. I love shooting motion pictures, though I have never shot super-8. I have a 16mm Arriflex.

loved this! can you make a video on taking pictures with a polaroid through another camera

I have that exact camera - Beautiful footage - So expensive to process but worth it

Fun drinking game: Take a shot everytime Willem says SUPER and I promise you a good time

Honestly I really love your videos!! Thank you for making all these videos!

I have my Bell and Howell Focusmatic autoload and my Bell and Howell 20xc projector. Both still work perfectly.

NO WAY! I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN LOOKING FOR VIDEOS ON HOW TO SHOOT MOVIE FILM AND THEN YOU BLESS ME WITH A VIDEO!! DAMN MIND READER XD X'D

Always inspiring everyone to try new things , you're amazing man :,)

Thank you for the info sir!!

exactly the video i was looking for! thanks a lot ( also i really liked your photography at night and photo edit videos )

Great vid, young man

love this man

great video man. Super 8 cameras were my inspiration to start shooting film.

That's really cool Willem

I remember my great grandfather he always used his super 8 :)

Super helpful!! thanks!!

Excellent content!

I am delighted to meet you and to discover your channel. In this video, you did not talk about processing the film with a laboratory: - Where can we find the address of the laboratories? - How long does it take to recover the film reel? Thank you for answering me because I am really interested in this project.

I love your minimalist shirt

Awesome mate... I had the same camera and sold it... now I want it back. :)

Thanks dude! Really straight forward info! Cheers =)

I just got my Bell and Howell 1223 super 8 and I can’t wait to film out of it.

thanks for this video! We're filming a lot on 8mm too but unfortunately it costs more than 25 dollar to develop and digitize one film, at least in Germany... Wish it was different! 😬

you seem like a cool dude, thanks for your input on this subject. Just got a canon super8 814 zoom and I am excited to test it out :) Cheers!

That's exactly the same camera my father bought in 1972 when I was eight, that was the beginning of my passion for movie shooting. One thing that I always forgot to change in that camera was the round battery which was charged to regulate the amount of light entering through the lens, in other words the exposure, so a lot of the images were totally overexposed.

Why do I want one of these? So costly. But still....I really, really do

Good stuff, Willem! Although I did want to say that the only color negative stocks from Kodak currently available in Super 8 (as in in production) are 50D, 200T, and 500T.

Ur talking fast now hehehehe i love listening to your calm way of talking

I do love this.🎥🎞🎬👍👍🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁

This is incredibly helpful, thank you so much! Just acquired a Super 8 to add to my wedding videography films :)

Loved this video. What camera do you use or shoot your vids, such good lightning too !

Would loved to have seen a little more of your results. Currently, I am building a Hi-Def Super 8mm and Regular 8mm slow speed scanner. 😊 I ❤ Super 8

Me and my friend picked one of these up for 15 bucks at goodwill. I couldn't even believe we found one out in the wild... can't wait to make cool films with it!

You should do more Super 8 videos! I have a Braun Nizo 136 coming in soon and kind of have no idea how to use it lol Have a good one!

Hey !! I live your work and video, I was js going to get a 8 mm film camera my question is how do you get it digitally??

do you recommend any places to send it in for development?

Hey :) Can you make a video how you scan film?? I watched your scan editing video but I'd like to know how to scan the film before editing

Awesome post, I've got a brand new never used working Chinon 722p XL with 2 new expired unused super 8 cartridges. I bought it in 2003 for $30. I want to mount my galaxy s10 plus to the top so I can pre record with that and use the super sparingly. When editing use some 108060p with the 18fps super 8. Aswell having audo sync with the super 8. Filming no more than 10 seconds of video per event or scene. You'd get about 15 to 18 events over a summer or project.

I found my super 8 camera at an antique store for $10! It works too! 🤩

Great video. I always wanted a super 8 camera. Thanks for the detailed info on prices and where I can find one. Subbed

Hi, excellent review! Btw, has it got a 24 fps option or it runs only on 18?

This came at the perfect time, I just bought a camera. Thank you!! 💛

Gorgeous!

Great video. Have you tried using a light meter with a super 8 camera? What is the shutter angle on this canon?

Oww dude! Can't never help with super8 coolness wooooo! 🔥🔥🔥

Hey how do you change the small battery in the film compartment ? I have a slightly water damaged s/86 and the little thing is a pain. It also twists all the cables.

Can you make a video on how to edit Super 8 film? I just saw your NYC video and it's dope!

does the scanner you provided result in the same quality as when you send the film to get developed?

I own Canon 1014 xl, excellent condition. Use very little as I switched to Sony Super 8mm non cartridges.

Hey Will, I just got a Kodak instamatic M20 movie camera,,, what’s the best film to start out with? Thanks so much… your video is helpful…. Connie

I worked super 8 commercially in the 70,s shooting promotional marketing films for manufactures.Very hard format to work with. A lot of skill is required to get good quality pictures and you have to use a 3 position lighting set up at 3200 Kelvin. Lens are the key. A Beaulieu camera 5008 or 6008, still quite expensive around 1500 dollars US. an edit bench is essential. Transfer master film to video tape yes, but you need a very high quality multiplexer to do it. Super 8 film production is expensive at least $5 a minute. Film cleaning and a dust free room are essential. I liked super 8 as a finished product for export customers as the colors are so much better then the electric picture.But in to-days world one needs the guaranteed support from Kodak for Super 8 production

Any recommendations on where to get your film developed?

this video is not related to sinister movie but damn, still give chills.

By far, the best Canon super 8 cameras are 814 and 1014 (last editions)

Thx !!

Love from my heart

...andddd my S8 Canon 310XL arrives today from Germany. Perfect timing for your post, though I’ve successfully shot my buddy’s 514XL last year. Thanks!

I resently found 2 Super 8 camera and I’m wondering if it’s possible to use it at a concert knowing that it will be dark and stuff, thanks ?

Ektachrome 100d has finer grain than Vision 3 films btw!

hi! i recently purchased the revue s6, but im still a little confused with the opening for the mallory px14… i read that it isnt being produced anymore but that it can be substituted by other kinds of batteries. but im a little hesitant to buy any kind, since the thickness of those isnt the same as the mallory px14. which replacement batteries would you recommend? also, what kind of super8 cassettes would you use? thank you so much in advance :)

Awesome!

Please help me with a doubt: For a project, I need to film inside a car with people in the car in daylight (in the morning). The camera in use will be a Bell and Howell super 8 Autoload Optronic Eye 308, which I think only shoots at 18fps, but I don't know if it has the orange filter included.. So what would be the best negative Kodak film stock to use under those conditions? 50 D, 200T or 500T? Thanks in advance.

Solid, been wanting a super 8 set up for a while! Also why not gaffers tape instead of hot glue hahahah

thank you so much for the video! But how do you get the footage to be 16:9 ratio instead of 4:3? i thought all super 8 were 4:3?

What's Happening Willem Great Video...ICouldn't Ask For A Better Video On Super8...Thank You

Quite interesting video, never shot Super 8 but I love the look

What batteries do you use for the exposure meter on this camera?

Hello Willeem, what batteries do u use for the light meter?

Do you have any idea how to take the cartridge put of the camrea? I have a prismatic super 8 z-20 that’s really stubborn

Willem, that camera is just for beginners. It's kind'a like a point and shoot DSLR. Me? I had a super 8 camera that was more manual than automatic. You could do scene swipes with the visor. You could do a focus dissolve from one scene to another. You could zoom by hand. So, I guess that this camera could give you some pleasure.

Hey great video….how do you digitise, archive and edit the footage…all by yourself…without sending it to the lab

Hi Willem, I just found 2 canon, a 514 and a 518 at the same price. Which one I should take?

Where do you get your film developed? I haven't been able to find anywhere that is willing to do it for $25, it's usually a few hundred!

Would you be able to link the batteries for the light meter that need to be used for this particular camera? Love your work btw. Keep it up! Thanks!

can you tell me if you can open the lens of this camera to clean if there is fungus?

Hi I just got a yashica super yxl-1.1 and it says to use super 8 film and I was just wandering will this film work for it?

Got a Bolex. Trying to find film and then go from there. Should have watched this first.

So do they play the film back or you for sure need a projector?