Super 8 Magazine
SUPER 8 magazine issue 17
Authors Jurgen Lossau
Format magazine
Year 2026
Language(s) English, German
Pages 70 pages
Description
Super 8 Topics no. 17:
“Super Nature” – an exceptional 82-minute documentary intended for the big screen, shot on Super 8. Forty filmmakers traveled the world to bring this project to life. Under the direction of Ed Sayers, founder of the “Straight 8” competition in London, a magnificent work was born. Scenes from the animal kingdom and nature, captured in a format just as threatened with extinction as much of our environment. Super 8 Magazine spoke with Ed Sayers, who is currently touring cinemas in the United Kingdom to present this fabulous film.
Kodak Super 8 Camera — Three years after its launch. It took six years for the Kodak Super 8 camera to finally be ready for the market. It has been available for three years now, and for one year in Europe as well. We asked six users about their experience. What can this camera do? What are the points for improvement? Is the only Super 8 model still in production in the world worth its price?
Kodak Super 8 Camera – Interview with the manufacturer. Super 8 Magazine wanted to know from Kodak how things were going regarding this camera manufactured in Canada. Kurt Jaeckel, a spokesperson for Kodak, reveals the improvements made in the meantime by the manufacturer, future plans, and the C-mount lenses particularly suited for this model.
FRÄNK – The automatic film processor. Developing Super 8 film at home? Two reels at a time, and at an affordable price? The motorized FRÄNK, designed by the Vintage Visual team in Estonia, is here to make this possible. A crowdfunding campaign is currently underway, and the goal was reached long ago. At the time of writing this article, about 80 backers had already raised 70,000 euros. In collaboration with Dagie Brundert, a specialist in development, we tested the FRÄNK prototype.
Anecdotes – The Super 8 camera with three names. Why were there actually 30-meter-long Super 8 films that lasted seven minutes? Why did the Agfa Microflex 300 pocket camera have a completely different name in other countries? And why was it already possible, as early as 1969, to shoot Super 8 films in stereoscopic 3D? The first part of this new series of articles reveals all this and much more.
Artem – the 35mm, 16mm, Super 8 film connoisseur: this director uses all film formats! Artem Zamashnoy was born in Novosibirsk, Siberia, in 1989. He then studied cinema in Moscow, and later worked as a director of photography, director, and screenwriter. He lives in Berlin today and shoots