How does one get into the Super 8 business? Rhonda and Phil Vigeant, owners of Pro8mm in Burbank, discuss their beginnings in Boston and how they eventually made the move to the West Coast.
Thank you Kodak for the great interview with Pro8mm! It's been a very interesting ride for us since 1981! Anyone who is interested in learning more about the Pro8mm story, there is a but here www.pro8mm.com/the-pro8mm-story/. We are excited about the new camera and the future of super 8 filmmaking!
I called them last year and they indicated that they had been talking to Kodak, but it didn't seem to be final. One thing, is they MUST get the price down. Right now, the cheapest all in one film, processing and digital conversion is $88. That is for three minutes, unedited. It needs to be about 1/3 that cost, I don't know if that is doable.
Agreed. 88 bucks for 3 minutes is just not going to get the numbers of cameras sold that they want. Perhaps the plan by Kodak is to invest in a few key players, such as Pro8, for more automated equipment, something that maybe takes less human intervention. Personally, I think $30 is the sweet spot, but again, I don't know how they get there. Reversal film is great if you project it, but no one does that anymore. I have taken the "record off a wall" as far as I think it goes and it simply is no longer good enough. No one appears to be bringing back reversal film anyways--the Wittner 200d is lousy. So there is no work around scanning. The only way to make this work is to somehow make the developing and scanning almost completely automated!
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PART TWO PLEASE!
Thank you Kodak for the great interview with Pro8mm! It's been a very interesting ride for us since 1981! Anyone who is interested in learning more about the Pro8mm story, there is a but here www.pro8mm.com/the-pro8mm-story/. We are excited about the new camera and the future of super 8 filmmaking!
Where's part 2??
I need part two 😭🔥
Gotta make it light/balanced enough to be lifted by a drone.
Where's part two :)
Does this mean there will be partnership between pro8 and Kodak for scanning the films ?
I called them last year and they indicated that they had been talking to Kodak, but it didn't seem to be final.
One thing, is they MUST get the price down. Right now, the cheapest all in one film, processing and digital conversion is $88. That is for three minutes, unedited. It needs to be about 1/3 that cost, I don't know if that is doable.
It's ironic because everyone says that film is prohibitively costly but the most expensive part of the process is often the digital scanning
Agreed. 88 bucks for 3 minutes is just not going to get the numbers of cameras sold that they want. Perhaps the plan by Kodak is to invest in a few key players, such as Pro8, for more automated equipment, something that maybe takes less human intervention. Personally, I think $30 is the sweet spot, but again, I don't know how they get there. Reversal film is great if you project it, but no one does that anymore. I have taken the "record off a wall" as far as I think it goes and it simply is no longer good enough. No one appears to be bringing back reversal film anyways--the Wittner 200d is lousy. So there is no work around scanning. The only way to make this work is to somehow make the developing and scanning almost completely automated!
Or make it yourself ...
...and finally Kodak forgot the format