[Frameworks] Kodak Super8 digital camera

[j miner]

it will be released by winter i imagine.
i think it will be better than the chinon
bellami hd 1
also it will not make you bitter inside

On Thursday, July 13, 2017, Dave Tetzlaff <djtet53 at gmail.com> wrote:

> > Mindless design. No optical viewfinder, just a flip out video screen.
> Plus, it is overpriced.
>
> The projected price of the initial "limited edition” version is $2000,
> with a less expensive “standard edition” supposedly to follow. It’s a film
> camera, so the real cost is in the stock and processing:
>
> > Filmmakers using the new Kodak camera can send the 50’ cartridge to
> Kodak for developing and for a $100 developing fee Kodak will mail back to
> the filmmaker the developed film on a reel as well post a scanned digital
> version of the 2.5 minute film in a password protected cloud file.
>
> I’d have to guess the concept and pricing reflect a similar approach to
> The Impossible Project’s new design Polaroid film camera, also very
> expensive. These things seem targeted at cost-no-object users in Hollywood
> and hipsterdom, who get off on having whatever tool – vintage or
> new-fangled – has been used by some cel;ebrity maker in some high-profile
> project.
>
> > Before the reborn Super 8 camera has even hit store, big Hollywood names
> such as directors Steve Spielberg, Christopher Nolam, and J.J. Abrams have
> endorsed the product.
>
> For reference, Pro8mm in Burbank sells rebuilt Beaulieu 4008’s for $2000.
>
> I’d expect folks who want to do experimental work in S8 to stick to old
> Canons and Nizos or whatever shows up in decent condition at the local
> thrift store or on eBay.
>
> Jeff: what’s the problem with having what amounts to video assist versus a
> dim optical finder? Isn’t the good news here for photochemical filmies that
> some sort of stock and processing options will remain available from Kodak
> a while longer now that they have this thing to support?
>
> There’s a 46 second test clip from a Kodak prototype on YT [
> http://tinyurl.com/yayv8yok] complete with plastic pressure-plate
> registration flutter, dust and scratch in the negative glitches, and a nice
> chunk of crud in the gate. Ahh, the memories...
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