Hey Kevin? Where are you getting regular 8 movie film? I've got several of the cam's but cannot find any media for them. We have a locally run camera shop here that sells Kodak Super 8 film. I've played around with that a few times. The newest Kodachrome 40 gives pretty good pictures!
You guys are right talking about the high quality of some older recordings. There were some pretty nice recordings out back then. I imagine getting a good sound however back then was pretty expensive, and start-up bands and other performers with limited resources just didn't have the money for really nice sounding recordings. I always thought the media back then was the limiting factor. Sure, you could master down a great sound, but once you transferred it to a consumer medium, you deteriorated the signal. Of course, record cutting technology improved along with recording technology, enabling good sound out of a medium that previously was relatively limited. Tape technology also improved, as the magnetic particles even to this day become more dense and fine, enabling higher bandwidth.
You guys are right talking about the high quality of some older recordings. There were some pretty nice recordings out back then. I imagine getting a good sound however back then was pretty expensive, and start-up bands and other performers with limited resources just didn't have the money for really nice sounding recordings. I always thought the media back then was the limiting factor. Sure, you could master down a great sound, but once you transferred it to a consumer medium, you deteriorated the signal. Of course, record cutting technology improved along with recording technology, enabling good sound out of a medium that previously was relatively limited. Tape technology also improved, as the magnetic particles even to this day become more dense and fine, enabling higher bandwidth.