How to get Super 8 Film today

Kodachrome40-super8-film

From time to time we get asked were someone can buy Super 8 Film
today. The people who ask us where to get it are usually wanting to
get into professional film making by starting with Super 8 film,
shooting on it for a few years then moving on to 16mm film and then
finally moving on to 35 mm film.

 

Other people who have an interest in saving their family memories for
generations to come. Although it is important to have memories in
easy to use format like a DVD it is even more important to have them
on a durable media that can be archived like film.

 

When I shoot Super8 film I buy it from Kodak and you can read more at
this link below:

 

http://motion.kodak.com/US/en/motion/Products/Production/Spotlight_on_Super_8…

Vinegar Syndrome

We get asked frequently what to do if film smells like vinegar.

Of course the most important thing is to get your film to us so we can begin to clean your film.  The first thing to do though is to seperate any film that smells like vinegar from the rest of your collection, and then read this manual.

We at Treasure Coast Film specialize in restoring film with Vinegar Syndrome.

actionplan.pdf

https://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/webfm_send/308

Shooting on film that was 20 years old

One of my dearly departed clients gave me a reel of K40 Super8 film that had expired in 1979 and I decided to shoot it anyway.  I figured how could I go wrong, and I was right, I didn’t.  The only color left on the film was magenta so I turned it to black and white and I think it looked good considering it was just experimental.