Gallery: Kodak and Yves Béhar Revive the Legendary Super 8 Camera
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Kodak is reissuing its legendary Super 8 camera for the first time since 1982. Yves Béhar did the design.
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It's a film-digital hybrid camera updated for modern filmmakers. The new Super 8 uses film, of course, but also includes an LCD screen that lets the user watch his footage while capturing it, rather than after the fact. It also has a rechargeable battery.
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The design is bulky, but not as a homage to the older models. “This is not a retro design job,” Béhar says. “I was not interested in being directly inspired in what was done back then. The reason it looks retro is the size and the mechanical restraint of using a \[film\] cartridge.”
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Béhar says everything, from the materials (steel and metal) to the “ergonomic” form factors used for attachments like the handle and pistol grip are thoroughly modern. The result is meant to be what Béhar calls “a high-end DSLR camera case, rather than a less robust 1960s-type of product.”
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It’ll cost between $400 and $750, but Kodak expects the final figure to skew closer to $400.
