Super 8 Workshop “Film Your Frankenberg”
In Saxon Frankenberg, a Super 8 workshop will take place in June 2019. Five participants learn with filmmaker Patrick Müller the handling of a Super 8 camera and the development…
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Schmalfilmertreffen Berlin 2015
Die Anonymen Analogiker des Filmvorführerforums trafen sich auch 2015 für ein Wochenende in Kreuzberg, um ihrem Hobby zu frönen. Diesmal verteilte ich sechs S8-Kassetten beladen mit Fomapan R100, die nach…
„Sheep“, sharper, sharpest: Test of the new Kodak Ektachrome 100D/7294
Ektachrome is back! Since October 2018, the eagerly awaited Super 8 color reversal material has finally hit the market. You can already read in many film tests that the new…
Double Super: DS8
I wrote the following article in August 2015 and then never published it for some reason.Nevertheless, it has not become less interesting, because it shows that Wittner would still be…
Billig oder Ramsch?
Wenn man durch die Läden läuft oder im WWW herumklickt, findet man oft interessante Artikel, die z.T. auch sehr preisgünstig sind. Aber taugen diese Produkte auch etwas? Aufbewahrung Filmdosen Wenn…
Reloading Russian “Kaccema” S8 cartridges
Even if Super 8 bulk loads are difficult to get, a reload-able Super 8 cartridge still makes sense: It is ideal, for example, if you want to develop short test…
Of compulsive nature: Pentaflex 8 – (Part 1)
The examined camera has the serial number 35933; With Pentovar, No. 6355608. On the back of the selenium cell I find as confirmation "ELECTROCELL Dec". Stamped in 1963. The production…
Deciphering Edge Marks
If you want to know when (and where) a film was produced, you can usually do so via so-called edge markings (or "edge codes"). However, the information on deciphering the…
New film lab on the east coast
John Rizzo plans to open up a new lab for 8 and 16mm film on the east coast. The continous processor for black and white reversal film will run as…
Abgehobene Aufnahmen bei den Ulmfilmtagen
© Foto: Protel Wer in oder in der Nähe von Ulm wohnt, sollte vom 2.-6. Januar die Ulmfilmtage besuchen, denn dort gibt es ganz besondere zwölf Super 8-Minuten zu sehen:…
