WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUPER 8 AND REGULAR 8MM?
Regular 8 or just 8mm was the predecessor to super 8. The super 8 cartridge was more idiot proof than the 8mm spools that had to be manually threaded. Regular 8 came on 25 ft. spools 16mm wide that had to be flipped half way through shooting in order to expose the other side. The film was processed then slit in half, spliced together in the middle creating a 50 ft. reel. Most super 8 cameras featured automatic controls such as auto irising and auto zoom and no flipping of the film was required. You can tell the two formats apart by the size of the sprocket holes in the film. super 8 has much smaller sprocket holes compared to 8mm’s which is identical in size to 16mm. super 8 reels have a larger projector mounting hole than 8mm thus super 8 projectors have larger mounts on the take up and supply arms. It’s hard to argue which looks better since so much is based on what kind of camera you use. Because 8mm is on a spool film can be run through the camera repeatedly for multiple exposures
