Thursday, January 15, 2026

Faking a Super-8mm film look with digital video

This is my response to a Facebook post but it is also a response to all footage of this kind.

"Super 8 filming is about making a human handcraft statement. It is the fact of filming on emulsion film with a Super 8mm camera that brings the special Super 8mm quality to a production. If you want to contribute digital skills to Super 8mm I suggest you put your kind of energy and talent into digital enhancement of authentic Super 8mm footage. I would be more interested in a discussion on what is valid and useful with color grading, grain reduction and upscaling. In other words upgrading Super 8mm rather than downgrading the digital image."

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