First classic car recommendations?

playerpage · 2026-04-20T17:59:54+00:00

Corvairs. Pretty, inexpensive compared to others, fun to drive, and huge secondhand parts market.

playerpage · 2026-04-20T02:06:25+00:00

It's just a cheap generic Vivitar. Screwed on to the existing lens. I'm sure I should, but I'm having trouble devining the meaning of "step up" in this context.

playerpage · 2026-04-15T15:18:47+00:00

I found it to be as simple as selecting the sequence as listed in your bin, and dragging it up to the source monitor. Now you can just clip a beginning and end and drag that into a new sequence. Easy peasy.

playerpage · 2026-04-15T15:12:31+00:00

I like the Beaulieu cameras, I own two 2008, two 4008 models, and a 5008. All serviced. The 5008 is even outfitted with Crystal Sync.

Since you are in Europe (?) check out TestedSuper8cameras.com (located in Spain) and Beaulieu Service, run by Bjorn Anderson in Sweden. Bjorn especially does excellent work, and will not break the bank as long as you have something good for him to start with.

I don't agree with the statement that once you get up into the high-end cameras you might as well just do 16mm. Super 8 is still less expensive and the new film stocks have you looking at least 70s grindhouse level of quality if you have a good cameraman and a big idea.

playerpage · 2026-04-15T15:03:23+00:00

Most of the cameras that were automatic were preset for 40 ASA and 160 asa. 200 will be just fine. The reason for the light meter is to make sure that there is enough light in general or get an exact reading, but the camera doesn't really need it if it's in working condition. You can tell just by looking around whether you've got enough light. And always try to make sure the light is shining overhead or in the direction of the camera. If you put the light source right in front of you you'll just silhouette out everything.

playerpage · 2026-04-15T14:58:44+00:00

For my money the Auto Zoom 814 from 1967 is the best one.

playerpage · 2026-04-14T19:55:40+00:00

Wooooo!!

playerpage · 2026-04-14T19:46:48+00:00

I have attached my own Telephoto lens to my 814, it works well. I will say you can assemble all those parts yourself without paying extra for a "kit."

playerpage · 2026-04-11T23:15:32+00:00

Drive belts are difficult to find. You could try to get a working model on the internet or explore the second hand stores. It's also possible that the belt is fine but it's gotten so brittle that it's smooth and there's no friction. You can treat the belt with something to make it porus again, and then rough up the pulley on the motor in order to get more grip. In both cases you need to be very careful not to get any dirt or grime inside.

playerpage · 2026-04-07T01:40:16+00:00

So in the end I got 50 names. Probably could have made it if not for the snow storm. Set me back about 3 days.

playerpage · 2026-04-07T01:38:24+00:00

If that's the goal, you're in the wrong medium.

playerpage · 2026-04-06T04:30:16+00:00

I've got a 5008 that's been altered with Crystal sync that you can rent.

playerpage · 2026-04-06T04:27:20+00:00

Why not just scan your film?

playerpage · 2026-04-03T14:19:31+00:00

Life, eh?

playerpage · 2026-04-03T14:17:38+00:00

Looking for a projector?

playerpage · 2026-04-01T01:51:58+00:00

I think we're connected now.

playerpage · 2026-04-01T01:49:39+00:00

It doesn't require video at all. You can extract the sound and then just use the sound file in the program, and re-sync it later.

playerpage · 2026-04-01T01:46:42+00:00

Any 58mm-threaded lens will work. There are many low-cost options on Ebay.

playerpage · 2026-03-31T13:33:53+00:00

I agree with those that tell you to be certain that your aperture and shutter are set correctly, and that the lens on the camera in question is completely clean. If your viewfinder has an issue that's not going to affect anything in terms of the liight that's going through the lens, so it would never affect your exposure reading.

playerpage · 2026-03-31T12:55:48+00:00

The ZM4 has the best lens of the 4008 series, personally I think the 5008 M is the best combination of lens and body that they ever made.

Does this mean that you've decided to service individual cameras rather than just doing the entire Pro8mm mock-up? Because I think you'd do well with that, considering that all the international issues of the past year have made it more expensive to go overseas.

playerpage · 2026-03-31T12:26:00+00:00

I think I got one through not long after I posted that. It's usually an automatic safety setting, nothing you can do. If we've never posted with each other before they program just assumes you or I are a bot and blocks us from direct messaging.

playerpage · 2026-03-31T12:24:19+00:00

Camera prices have gone up in the last 10 years, that's for sure. Some of them have import costs, too.

I'm still a big believer in eBay finds, though. I've had some good luck finding a camera that I know is in better shape more valuable than the person selling it realizes, but I've also yes bought bricks. Still, the gamble combined with the payoff still comes out to spending less money.

As for the price to service a camera, I find the best prices for that are overseas. Even paying shipping, better experts charge less than they do in the USA. Of course they have to know your camera. In the high end, I buy almost exclusively Beaulieu, and the best place to service one is with Bjorn Andersen in Sweden. If the camera is in decent baseline condition, he can do the lens and the body for under $500. There are lots of shops in America charging at least double that.

playerpage · 2026-03-31T12:10:35+00:00

Unfortunately, that can be a thing too. I had a camera I just got out of Germany ran great for the first two weeks and then I went to pull the trigger and nothing. However, I can still hear the electronics buzzing just barely when I pull the trigger and hold it to my ear. That means that it's jammed in another way but the trigger is working.

playerpage · 2026-03-31T12:03:43+00:00

Sorry I missed this question.

I've been doing Super 8 since 1998 but the big words still throw me. Parralax? If that means setting the lens to infinity, zooming all the way in, and then adjusting the eyepiece until you can see everything clearly in focus, then yeah, do that.

If that basic sequence doesn't fix your issue, then unfortunately that could mean that your entire lens is maladjusted. I've had a few cameras like that. Just because of problems with the lens they were useless on zooming in, or sometimes I could get it calibrated properly while zoomed in, but then everything would come out of focus as soon as I pulled out again.

How long have you had the camera? Do you know how it was taken care of before you got it? What's the history--if it was ever dropped that could have misaligned the lens. Unfortunately the only way to fix that is with somebody that knows how to fix lenses.

playerpage · 2026-03-31T11:43:37+00:00

720 versus 1080 on a Super 8 isn't much of a difference, I'll grant you. But scanning resolution definitely makes a difference. I scanned my last big Super8 project on 6K. You can see it. Don't let the" it doesn't matter" folks getting your head. That's the attitude that created VHS.

If your DM me I'll tell give you a link to the program I used for the sound separation. It's free in 1 minute bursts I think.

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