The Canon 814 XL-S and the Canon 1014 XL-S are great cameras, although the "S"
(for sound) is superfluous at this moment in history. Note that these are
completely different (and superior) machines from the Canons 814 and 1014 that
do not bear the "XL-S" tag. The Nikon R-10 is also a really inte
Take a look at Nizos (560/561, 801, some others) and Bauers along with Canons.
It depends on exactly what features you're looking for, and exactly how much
you want to spend. You can get a Nizo 801 for around $200 (or less) on ebay,
and it will come with a built in intervalometer, lap-dissolve f
Since you want cost to come together with features and reliability, I'll assume
Beaulieus, stock or rebuilt, are out. I'd say it hard to do better than the
various iterations of Canon 814 and 1014. For something cheaper than that, you
might look at a Sankyo, but I think they're not quite as reli
Hi all,
I've been a 16mm film collector / exhibitor for some time and am now
interested in trying out the other side of things. I'm looking for
recommendations for a somewhat modern Super 8 camera where features,
reliability and cost all come together. Hopefully!
Thanks,
Dave
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Everyone has an opinion or a theory on this, all I can tell you is that I've
shipped film across Canada and to the U.S. using national post services with no
stickers identifying the contents and have never had a roll go bad. I've also
had film x-ray'd in my carry on in Mexico with no effects.
> I've had post office employees refuse to promise me "do not x-ray" carries a=
> ny weight, were they wrong?
The post office is not FedEx. The post office normally doesn't x-ray anything
but under special conditions they will use all sorts of machinery that is
hazardous to film. After the anth
