Talk:Standard 8 mm film

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The article says the frame size is 4.8 x 3.5 mm, but the picture shows 4.5 x 3.3 mm. Which one is correct?

The suggestion that electric cameras came in with super 8 is incorrect. In 1965 we had a Hanimex 8mm cine camera which ran on batteries. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.24.43.40 (talk) 20:22, 14 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If I recall correctly, the first handheld electronic camera actually was a modified [Super] 8mm camera designed for the Apollo program. I don't know if the mockup is accurate, but you can see it in the movie "Apollo 13." ISOGuru (talk) 03:30, 13 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Section removed

I removed the following since it is presumably out of date (and not really suitable for WP anyway):

In 2012, the current supply of Standard 8mm (also known as Double Regular 8mm in the United States) is as follows:

FOMA R-100 33 ft./10m ISO 100D/80T also in 100 ft./30.5m lengths
CINE-CHROME 100D 25 ft., 100 ft.
CINE-CHROME 50D 25 ft.
CINE-X 100 7265 25 ft., 100 ft. (discontinued, but a supply still remains available)
SUPER CINE-X 7266 25 ft.

-- Egil (talk) 19:03, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

To add to article

Basic information to add to this article: in which year color 8mm movie camera film became available to the public. 173.88.246.138 (talk) 05:26, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

origin?

I came here wondering what was the origin of the concept; the "History" section describes its physical form, but not why that was chosen. Since the film stock had to be specially made anyway (the double perforations), I have always been puzzled why the concept occurred to someone! (Rather than, say, just making it in 8mm anyway. And, perhaps, why it superseded 9.5mm; the main disadvantage of that format would appear to be the centre sprocket hole, leading to easily scratching of the picture area by the claw, in projector or camera.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by G6JPG (talk • contribs) 16:33, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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