User`s manual
Introduction
This is our second catalog of Super 8 sync sound film-
making equipment. As in the last catalog, the principal em-
phasis is on double-system filmmaking with the Super8 Sound
Recorder using Super 8 fullcoat magnetic film. However, two
clear new areas of Super 8 filmmaking have recently emerged.
They are single-system Super 8 and Super 8 Video.
Single-system Super 8 will have applications as a TV news-
fil
m, as a first film for filmmaking students, and of course,
for home movies. Double-system will be used for productions
requiring significant editing, and those with multiple sound
tracks. We believe that Kodak's single-system format will
gradually be adopted by all camera manufacturers who want
to sell to the home-movie maker, and have therefore elimi-
nated references to most other amateur sync systems.
We expect that single-system and double-system will coexist
in Super 8, as they have in 16mm filmmaking for the last two
decades, with each enjoying distinct advantages over the
other. The Super8 Sound Recorder can transfer sound from
the magnetic edge stripe to fullcoat magnetic film, thus pro-
viding the Super 8 filmmaker with the best of both worlds —
single-system location equipment
and
double-system fullcoat
editing.
Super 8 Video gives the Super 8 filmmaker considerable eco-
nomic advantages over the 16mm filmmaker producing for
television, or the video producer himself. Editable color video
equipment portable enough for location work is ten to one
hundred times the cost of Super 8 sync sound equipment.
The Kodak Super 8 Videoplayer is a color video transfer
machine to which nothing comparable exists in 16mm, and
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6mm equipment with similar capability costs ten times the
Videoplayer's low price.
Whether you're getting into double-system Super 8, single-
system Super 8, or Super 8 Video, there are 8 important
reasons why Super8 Sound is the place to start.
1.
Single-Point Source for Super 8 Equipment Super8 Sound
has constantly strived to be a single-contact source for every-
thing that is "professional" Super 8. We now represent
virtually all brands of Super 8 film equipment, and a wide
range of audio products usable in sync sound filmmaking. We
also carry many non-sound products such as lighting equip-
ment, tripods, animation stands, projection screens, video-
tape recorders, and Super 8 video transfer equipment —
essentially everything needed to mount a serious Super 8 film
or video production.
2.
First with New Super 8 Products Super8 Sound not only
carries everything Super 8, it tries to tell you about new
products and get them to you faster than any other supplier.
We were the first Hervic dealer to announce the Beaulieu
5008S, and the first Kodak dealer to announce and sell the
Videoplayer nationwide, and of course our propietary pro-
ducts include a number of firsts for Super 8 — fullcoat re-
corders, camera silencers, interlock projectors, motorized
editing equipment — and many other smaller items.
3. Knowledgeable Sales People
Super8 Sound's staff are
specialists in sync sound Super 8; they are better informed
about new equipment options than camera stores that sell
Super 8, or 16mm equipment supply houses that sell 16mm
sync sound. Our staff in Cambridge is always ready to con-
sult with you by telephone. Call (617)-876-5876 9:00 AM-
6:00 PM Monday-Friday. If we can clarify a technical point
with a phone call, we save you and us the extended time and
poorer communications involved in writing.
Super 8 Sound
,
Inc.
95 Harvey Street, Cambridge, Mass. 02140
4.
Comprehensive, Concise, and Critical Equipment Advice
To simplify your task of reviewing equipment options, our
staff prepares the Super8 Sound Catalog. The Catalog at-
tempts to have at least a brief comment about every pro-
fessional Super 8 tool. It attempts to be objective, and frank-
ly critical where necessary. The Catalog is supplemented by
Reference Book Super 8 — a 500-page compendium of
original manufacturers' literature — and by a number of tech-
nical pamphlets on sync Super 8.
5.
Discount Prices Super8 Sound has low discount prices
on Super 8 cameras, projectors, viewers, film, etc. With the
addition of the 2% cash discount and the system discount
offered when a complete integrated film production system
is purchased from Super8 Sound, you are assured of both
maximum economy and the advantage of expert advice on
putting equipment together in an optimal system.
6.
An Unconditional Return Policy and Double Warranty
Super8 Sound always adds 2 weeks to the beginning of your
warranty, on any item purchased from us, during which time
you may return equipment for an unconditional full refund.
You must not fill out any warranty cards until you are satis-
fied you want to own the equipment. In the unlikely event
that the original manufacturers do not make good on their
warranty, Super8 Sound pledges to back them up with a re-
placement or repaired item at our expense.
7.
A Solid Reputation Within the Motion Picture Industry
Super8 Sound is a sustaining member of the Society of
Motion Picture and Television Engineers, and has worked to
develop engineering standards for sync sound Super 8 equip-
ment. Without such standards, Super 8 will not have the
equipment compatibility and interchangeability that is the
hallmark of a professional medium. In the long run, only
equipment that conforms to basic standards will survive.
Super8 Sound equipment is compatible with virtually every
sync sound system in existence, professional or amateur, and
we hope we have set an example for other manufacturers
entering the new field of professional Super 8.
8. A National and International Dealer Network
Super 8
Sound is building a growing network of distributors, dealers,
and sales representatives across the U.S. and abroad. We hope
to provide Super 8 filmmakers everywhere with local sales
and service of the same quality they have come to expect
from our Cambridge headquarters. We invite inquiries con-
cerning local dealerships, or exclusive national distributions
abroad. Not every Super8 Sound dealer can stock every
Super8 Sound product, so call ahead before visiting, but our
dealers can supply any item regularly sold by Super8 Sound
and listed in
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his
Catalog.
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that the Super8 Sound, Inc. logo and address are included
in the duplicated material. Authors preparing review articles
on Professional Super 8 equipment for publication are
encouraged to paraphrase the Super8 Sound Catalog freely
and are encouraged to write Super8 Sound for copies of
specific illustrations
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