The Advantages Of A Super 8 Camera

I believe that a Super-8 camera with several frames per second options, plus several film stocks to choose from, allows the film maker tremendous artistic choices. Shooting location special effects with a Digital Camera is basically unnecessary because the exact same digital effects can usually be created when editing digitally. However, a Super-8 camera offers different filming and shutter speed choices that actually create different effects that don't have the same look when created by a computer.

 

 

The disadvantages Of A Super 8 Camera

 

Working with Super 8 is not without its disadvantages, however. Perhaps the biggest drawback is sound recording. Super 8 sound film is nearly impossible to find these days, and Kodak no longer produces sound film.

Super 8 film is not readily available, and there is less film stock to choose from than 16mm, but the raw stock and processing are cheaper. The length of a shot is limited. There is no negative, so the original is the only copy, making it a most valued possession, particularly when considering submitting your work to a festival, which could mean parting with your lone copy. One way to work around that problem while retaining some of the original film quality is by making Super 8 blow ups to 16mm or 35mm.