Super 8mm Cameras

A Super 8 camera is a home movie camera that Kodak introduced in 1965. It shoots 8mm-wide film from a cartridge that you drop in, with no threading. Most cameras set the exposure for you. The result has the warm, grainy look of classic home movies.

Yes. Kodak still makes Super 8 film, and we stock it: Kodak 50D for daylight, 200T for mixed light and 500T for indoors and low light. A cartridge costs about $55–$65 on our shelf right now.

A 50-foot cartridge costs about $55–$65 and gives you about 3 minutes and 20 seconds at 18 frames per second, or 2 minutes 30 seconds at 24. Add developing: our Brooklyn lab develops Super 8, and current prices are on our film developing page.

Our restored Super 8 cameras, such as the Minolta XL and Yashica Sound models, have sold for about $575–$900. Each one is serviced and calibrated in our shop and comes with a 6-month warranty. Stock is small and sells fast, so check back often.

Not anymore. Super 8 sound cartridges are no longer made, so today's film is silent. Sound cameras such as the Minolta XL-Sound still shoot today's silent cartridges. Most filmmakers record sound on a separate device and sync it during editing.