Filmshooting

hello!! straight 8 is back for 2017 and this year it's limited to 150 places. entry is http://www.straight8.net/enter from 8pm gmt today we invite anyone, anywhere to make a short film on one cartridge of super 8mm cine film entry costs £66.66, and this year filmmakers need to source their own co...

hi bjarne, it depends on your camera - a lot of them won't run at exactly 18fps. this is why you see so many straight 8 films that the sound doesn't quite sync to. try posting in the straight 8 entrants facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1664249947161006/ there are quite a few veterans o...

great to see that some people on here are entering. i first became involved in straight 8 through repeatedly entering myself. it's an amazing feeling seeing your work for the first time ever surrounded by an enthusiatic and appreciative audience. the atmosphere was often closer to a rock concert tha...

hello!! after a 3 year hiatus straight 8 is back and open for entries we invite anyone, anywhere to make a short film on one cartridge of kodak super 8mm cine film you send the cartridge back to us unprocessed and upload a soundtrack we'll take care of processing and hd telecine at cinelab london if...

straight 8 have selected to 3 great super 8y films for the featured section of youtube worldwide.
check them out while you can http://www.youtube.com/?gl=US&hl=en-GB

straight 8 2009 is open now from now until the end of february... anyone, anywhere is invited to rise to straight 8's challenge shoot a short film on a single cartridge of super 8mm film if your film's great you'll see it for the first time at a packed straight 8 screening entry is only available on...

i'm pretty good at procrastinating and spend a fair amount of my time 'researching' on youtube. i've found it really hard to find great super 8 stuff on there- the number of views and the highest ratings seem to have little bearing on quality. occasionally someone will send me an absolute gem that h...

the bauer mini is the smallest super 8 camera i've ever come across- i'd imagine it is pretty light too. the agfa microflex and eumig mini ranges are also worth bearing in mind.

does this mean that you now have an s560 with a broken light-meter that is surplus to requirement? if so, please could i buy it from you? i really need an s560 or a 561 for a project that i am working on right now for this years straight 8 event - the light meter need not function, don't even need a...