8mm ? 16mm ? 35mm ?

[dtmpower]

I recently discovered some family cine film on Super 8mm film which I had transferred to DVD.

I really liked the character of the video and wondered what would be a good format/camera to produce similar family video.

I don't mind buying a vintage or retro camera.

What is required to convert it to pc format ? - the DVD conversion cost me a fair bit but we didn't have a working projector to check the contents first and if I was taking my own video I would want to be able to view it on the pc.

[dtmpower]

can anyone help ?

[paul.deitch]

You're on a hiding to nothing trying to work with gear that old unless you are a pro. Best to use the plugins available for all pro/high end digital editing programs.

[dtmpower]

paul.deitch said:

You're on a hiding to nothing trying to work with gear that old unless you are a pro. Best to use the plugins available for all pro/high end digital editing programs.

The home movies I found were all about 3 minutes long and were on Super 8 film.

I guess they were recorded on something like this ?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Canon-514XL-Super-8-mm-movie...

Is it really that difficult to make anything sensible with this hardware ? How would it look recording motorsport on one ?

[neilr]

Super 8 cameras in decent condition can still be picked up. Super 8 film is around the 12quid mark/film (not including the processing dependant where you go. At 4 mins a film that adds up, but depends what you want/need to use it for. I shot some super 8 at this years classic le mans but navent got it processed yet.

Plugins never quite look like real 8mm no matter how good they or the software they are for is, if you need that look, shoot 8mm film and have the telecine done somewhere decent.

Personally I love the look of 8mm, but you can over do it! Not everything needs to look 'retro'. Classic le mans seemed to beg to be shot in it though.