Kodak's Super 8 Film, though still alive and kicking, has went through many changes in the past 40 years. What begin as a popular way for families to capture birthday parties and vacations has evolved into a format for students and filmmakers to, as Kodak states in a prepared release, "provides an easy, inexpensive way for students and enthusiasts to work at film resolutions and color depths as yet unmatched by the latest digital technologies."
"Many of today's great cinematographers and directors began their careers decades ago, at the counter of their local photo shop, buying a cartridge of Super 8 film," states said Bob Mayson, general manager and vice president for Image Capture products, Entertainment Imaging division at Eastman Kodak Company Kodak.
Kodak is expanding the stock options for Super 8 Film by announcing a new Kodak Ektrachrome 64T stock, a "super-saturated, fine grain" Color Reversal Stock that will be available this August. Super 8 fans also have choices (if they want to use negative film) with Kodak's VISION2 stock.
Some Super 8 enthusiaists, however, will be sad to here that Kodak is discontinuing their reversal Kodakchrome Super 8 Movie Film due to declining sales.
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