I got several 37 years old frozen rolls of Ektachrome 160 sound (expired in 1982) out of processing this year if it was almost new. I got it processed at super8 reversal lab in the Netherlands. They also work together with film rescue who also do a very good job in processing these old films. It's a hit and mis with old film stock.
@@NarrowGaugeFilmsLLC, I bought those rolls in 2013 at my local photo shop which was closing. They had that stuff frozen for decades. I only paid 3 euro's per roll. It's expensive to process in color but if it's has been good stored it's worth the money I think.
I'm getting a super 8 sound projector soon, not to watch film I've shot, but rather to watch releases of old movies. Cartoons, shorts, newsreels etc. I'm very excited to use the format as a home cinema
@@NarrowGaugeFilmsLLC I check over my silent films I already have before I play them. Damaged sprockets are a death sentence going through my projector. I've already got a few sound films, both with vibrant colour!
Great topic. Well I owned a Beaulieu 6008S in the early 1980s. The sound quality was great, but it was frustrating that you couldn't do separate editing, no J-cuts, no B-roll and you had to consider de 18 frames offset. Still, it was great fun. All the best and thanks, as always, for making these videos!
Super 8 sound stuck around until way after video cameras took over the market. Kodak kept making kodachrome and ektachrome cartridges for super 8 for nearly a decade after sound film died. It really had nothing to do with video. Kodak stopped making sound film because the glue was toxic and the EPA prevented them from using it anymore. So they had to come up with a new glue method and they decided since the sales were low anyway, to simply cancel sound film. I think personally that the death of sound film was the death of the format in many ways. People still muck around with it for fun these days but sound film gave it a special edge. If it were around today, it would be used for certain.
You paid WAY TOO MUCH for the 160s and the cartridges, esp. that last one., scratched that film to death! So you know, some later sound cartridges can still be developed for color and they include Agfa Moviechrome (from 1982, but try anything from 1986 onward because the older cartridges have yellow calcium and mold; also issued under the Perutz, Revue (from 1986 onward) and (from 1983 onward) Porst names,) and Kodak 7244 Supermatic film was the first E6 color, but that series have mixed results, though it is one of three 200ft. sound cartridges that you are most likely to get color from. Kodachrome is dead and Kodak 7242 has all kinds of fading and grain issues. I'll be shooting two older Super 8 Sound cartridges with older color, but have the older chemicals to develop them and three microphones to try out. If you get any of those E6 cartridges, they are less likely to scratch the film or be degraded inside. Thanks for another excellent video!
I got several 37 years old frozen rolls of Ektachrome 160 sound (expired in 1982) out of processing this year if it was almost new. I got it processed at super8 reversal lab in the Netherlands. They also work together with film rescue who also do a very good job in processing these old films. It's a hit and mis with old film stock.
Wow cool! I had the opportunity to buy some a few years ago and the bidding went crazy. Not worth the money sadly. :(
@@NarrowGaugeFilmsLLC, I bought those rolls in 2013 at my local photo shop which was closing. They had that stuff frozen for decades. I only paid 3 euro's per roll. It's expensive to process in color but if it's has been good stored it's worth the money I think.
I'm getting a super 8 sound projector soon, not to watch film I've shot, but rather to watch releases of old movies. Cartoons, shorts, newsreels etc. I'm very excited to use the format as a home cinema
Tis a fun home theater format. Just watch out for heavily faded and damaged film.
@@NarrowGaugeFilmsLLC I check over my silent films I already have before I play them. Damaged sprockets are a death sentence going through my projector. I've already got a few sound films, both with vibrant colour!
Great topic. Well I owned a Beaulieu 6008S in the early 1980s. The sound quality was great, but it was frustrating that you couldn't do separate editing, no J-cuts, no B-roll and you had to consider de 18 frames offset. Still, it was great fun. All the best and thanks, as always, for making these videos!
You can still do post sound stripe though
Yep, but the fun is capturing sound in camera for home movies ya know?
Super8 sound and silent died simply because video came along.
Super 8 sound stuck around until way after video cameras took over the market. Kodak kept making kodachrome and ektachrome cartridges for super 8 for nearly a decade after sound film died. It really had nothing to do with video. Kodak stopped making sound film because the glue was toxic and the EPA prevented them from using it anymore. So they had to come up with a new glue method and they decided since the sales were low anyway, to simply cancel sound film. I think personally that the death of sound film was the death of the format in many ways. People still muck around with it for fun these days but sound film gave it a special edge. If it were around today, it would be used for certain.
You paid WAY TOO MUCH for the 160s and the cartridges, esp. that last one., scratched that film to death! So you know, some later sound cartridges can still be developed for color and they include Agfa Moviechrome (from 1982, but try anything from 1986 onward because the older cartridges have yellow calcium and mold; also issued under the Perutz, Revue (from 1986 onward) and (from 1983 onward) Porst names,) and Kodak 7244 Supermatic film was the first E6 color, but that series have mixed results, though it is one of three 200ft. sound cartridges that you are most likely to get color from. Kodachrome is dead and Kodak 7242 has all kinds of fading and grain issues. I'll be shooting two older Super 8 Sound cartridges with older color, but have the older chemicals to develop them and three microphones to try out. If you get any of those E6 cartridges, they are less likely to scratch the film or be degraded inside. Thanks for another excellent video!
Good try. Frustrating I think. Be well.