Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino and more support Kodak’s new Super 8 revival

Kodak doesn’t intend for this new Super 8 camera to be a one-and-done deal – the company has built an entire roadmap and ecosystem that includes a range of cameras, film development services, post-production tools, and more.

According to Kodak, the camera “combines the classic features of a Super 8 with digital functionality as well as opportunities for visitors to shoot their own Super 8 footage and watch home movies”. The design is inspired by the Super 8 fad from half a century ago, and these new cameras that shoot film on, well, actual film.

Kodak released quotes from several filmmakers supporting the revival of the Super 8 camera, including Steven Spielberg, who said that film is “just more alive and it imbues an image with mystery”, and JJ Abrams, who calls a brand new Super 8 camera “a dream come true”. But it will only shoot 8mm film – Super 8, to be specific, an improved, proprietary version of 8mm that Kodak first released in 1965.

Christopher Nolan, award-winning director and producer known for “The Dark Knight” trilogy, “Inception” and “Interstellar”, started to make short movies with the Super 8 camera of his father.

The film and camera company made the announcement yesterday at CES (Consumer Electronics Show), the annual electronics and technology trade show in Las Vegas.

Film has generated huge buzz in Hollywood recently as the chosen medium for award-winning movie directors and blockbuster movies. Once you’re done exposing the film (at 9, 12, 18, 24, or 25 fps), you send it back to Kodak, which will process it, scan it, and deliver it back to you as a digital copy and as an 8mm film that you can use in projectors. “We are designing the Kodak Super 8 camera with robust materials and new ergonomic features to serve the needs of Super 8 fans, whether shooting action or static scenes”, said Béhar.