Thanks for the post Nicholas, This is wonderful news. I read the blog to try to understand the issue of the absence of an optical viewer (a real issue I think), and how film is stabilized through pin registration. I hope that this might resurrect the format! Best, M
On 12 November 2013 16:52, Nicholas Kovats <[email protected]> wrote: > A newly engineered Super 8 camera is set to debut in the spring of > 2014. You read correctly. The first one in approximately 32 years. > Developed by a Norwegian team represented by Lasse Roedtnes who has > been posting updates with pictures on the cinematography forum. > Metal/carbonate body with C-Mount and a manual threading path! In fact > we initially thought they had copied the famous innards of the > legendary Mekel Engineering SP-1 Super 8 camera. No optical > viewfinder. Electronic only. Onboard digital audio recorder. Firmware > upgrades. > > They will be soon launching a pre-order for the first ten cameras on > Indegogo. Anticipated price is 2,695$ USD. We suspect that the first > batch will be snapped up quickly by rental houses. > > Analog film keeps punching holes in the digital religion. > > Here is Lasse's latest post with a picture of the prototype, i.e. > http://www.cinematography.com/index.php?showtopic=60409&page=15. I > have compiled an album with 8x photos of the prototype on my public > UltraPan8 Facebook page, i.e. > https://www.facebook.com/UltraPan8WidescreenFilm > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks -- “A brave flat world.” marco poloni usedomer strasse 8 d – 13355 berlin gsm de +49.163.6294080 gsm ch +41.78.6322028 skype marcopoloni _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list [email protected] https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
