fresh bytes
Subscribe Now

Electronic cartridge lets old Super 8 movie cameras shoot video

nolabdigitalsuper8cartridge.jpg

The Super 8mm movie camera may be one of the poster children for obsolescence, but many of them were quite well-made, and are still running perfectly to this day. Designer Hayes Urban wants to get those cameras out of the attic and back into use, with his Nolab Digital Super 8 Cartridge.

Super 8 cameras, for those of you who are unfamiliar with the things, shot film that came in cartridges. Each cartridge contained about 3.5 minutes of film, had to be sent away for processing, and cost about $25 with processing included (at least they did when and where I used them). In order to edit the processed film, you had to either physically cut and splice it, or get it transferred to video.
via Gizmag

Continue reading 

Leave a Reply

featured blogs
Feb 18, 2026
Because sometimes the best replacement part'¦ is the one you already have!...

featured video

Cadence Chiplets Solutions | Helping you realize your chiplet ambitions

Sponsored by Cadence Design Systems

In this webinar, David Glasco, VP of Compute Solutions at Cadence, discusses how Cadence enables customers to transition from traditional monolithic SoC architectures to modular, scalable chiplet-based solutions, essential for meeting the growing demands of physical AI applications and high-performance computing.

Read eBook: Helping You Realize Your Chiplet Ambitions

featured chalk talk

MR-VMU-RT1176 Vehicle Management Flight Controller
In this episode of Chalk Talk, Iain Galloway from NXP and Amelia Dalton explore the benefits of the MR-VMU-RT1176 Vehicle Management Flight Controller. They also investigate the multitude of elements included in this solution and how NXP robotics platforms can get your next mobile robot design up and running in no time.
Feb 16, 2026
776 views