Kodak Introduces Analog Super 8 Camera

Kodak introduces a Super 8 camera at CES. The camera, as the name suggests, can record images on analog Super 8 film. The camera should be part of a wider initiative to bring back analog filming.

If you buy a cartridge with 15m film, you also immediately buy off the development of the film. Users can send the film to a lab, after which the film is returned developed in both analog and digital form. The digital version is on a server, which users can access with a password, Kodak says.

The Super 8 camera combines both old and new elements. For example, the battery charges via a USB connection, there is a 3.5″ TFT LCD as a viewfinder and the camera has interchangeable lenses via a c-mount, according to the specs.

The first Super 8 camera came out in 1965 and the new version is due to come out in limited edition next fall. A variant for a wider audience should follow in 2017. The camera is supported by directors such as Steven Spielberg and JJ Abrams, whose recently released Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Abrams shot The Force Awakens on 35mm film. Abrams paid tribute to the Super-8 movie camera in 2011.