Super 8 Sound Inc. - Desktop Video Group
Super 8 Sound Inc. - Desktop Video Group
Super 8 Sound Inc. - Desktop Video Group
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Introduction<br />
This is our second catalog of <strong>Super</strong> 8 sync sound filmmaking<br />
equipment. As in the last catalog, the principal emphasis<br />
is on double-system filmmaking with the <strong>Super</strong>8 <strong>Sound</strong><br />
Recorder using <strong>Super</strong> 8 fullcoat magnetic film. However, two<br />
clear new areas of <strong>Super</strong> 8 filmmaking have recently emerged.<br />
They are single-system <strong>Super</strong> 8 and <strong>Super</strong> 8 <strong>Video</strong>.<br />
Single-system <strong>Super</strong> 8 will have applications as a TV newsfil<br />
m, as a first film for filmmaking students, and of course,<br />
for home movies. Double-system will be used for productions<br />
requiring significant editing, and those with multiple sound<br />
tracks. We believe that Kodak's single-system format will<br />
gradually be adopted by all camera manufacturers who want<br />
to sell to the home-movie maker, and have therefore eliminated<br />
references to most other amateur sync systems.<br />
We expect that single-system and double-system will coexist<br />
in <strong>Super</strong> 8, as they have in 16mm filmmaking for the last two<br />
decades, with each enjoying distinct advantages over the<br />
other. The <strong>Super</strong>8 <strong>Sound</strong> Recorder can transfer sound from<br />
the magnetic edge stripe to fullcoat magnetic film, thus providing<br />
the <strong>Super</strong> 8 filmmaker with the best of both worlds —<br />
single-system location equipment and double-system fullcoat<br />
editing.<br />
<strong>Super</strong> 8 <strong>Video</strong> gives the <strong>Super</strong> 8 filmmaker considerable economic<br />
advantages over the 16mm filmmaker producing for<br />
television, or the video producer himself. Editable color video<br />
equipment portable enough for location work is ten to one<br />
hundred times the cost of <strong>Super</strong> 8 sync sound equipment.<br />
The Kodak <strong>Super</strong> 8 <strong>Video</strong>player is a color video transfer<br />
machine to which nothing comparable exists in 16mm, and<br />
1 6mm equipment with similar capability costs ten times the<br />
<strong>Video</strong>player's low price.<br />
Whether you're getting into double-system <strong>Super</strong> 8, singlesystem<br />
<strong>Super</strong> 8, or <strong>Super</strong> 8 <strong>Video</strong>, there are 8 important<br />
reasons why <strong>Super</strong>8 <strong>Sound</strong> is the place to start.<br />
1. Single-Point Source for <strong>Super</strong> 8 Equipment <strong>Super</strong>8 <strong>Sound</strong><br />
has constantly strived to be a single-contact source for everything<br />
that is "professional" <strong>Super</strong> 8. We now represent<br />
virtually all brands of <strong>Super</strong> 8 film equipment, and a wide<br />
range of audio products usable in sync sound filmmaking. We<br />
also carry many non-sound products such as lighting equipment,<br />
tripods, animation stands, projection screens, videotape<br />
recorders, and <strong>Super</strong> 8 video transfer equipment —<br />
essentially everything needed to mount a serious <strong>Super</strong> 8 film<br />
or video production.<br />
2. First with New <strong>Super</strong> 8 Products <strong>Super</strong>8 <strong>Sound</strong> not only<br />
carries everything <strong>Super</strong> 8, it tries to tell you about new<br />
products and get them to you faster than any other supplier.<br />
We were the first Hervic dealer to announce the Beaulieu<br />
5008S, and the first Kodak dealer to announce and sell the<br />
<strong>Video</strong>player nationwide, and of course our propietary products<br />
include a number of firsts for <strong>Super</strong> 8 — fullcoat recorders,<br />
camera silencers, interlock projectors, motorized<br />
editing equipment — and many other smaller items.<br />
3. Knowledgeable Sales People <strong>Super</strong>8 <strong>Sound</strong>'s staff are<br />
specialists in sync sound <strong>Super</strong> 8; they are better informed<br />
about new equipment options than camera stores that sell<br />
<strong>Super</strong> 8, or 16mm equipment supply houses that sell 16mm<br />
sync sound. Our staff in Cambridge is always ready to consult<br />
with you by telephone. Call (617)-876-5876 9:00 AM-<br />
6:00 PM Monday-Friday. If we can clarify a technical point<br />
with a phone call, we save you and us the extended time and<br />
poorer communications involved in writing.<br />
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<strong>Super</strong> 8 <strong>Sound</strong> , <strong>Inc</strong>.<br />
95 Harvey Street, Cambridge, Mass. 02140<br />
4. Comprehensive, Concise, and Critical Equipment Advice<br />
To simplify your task of reviewing equipment options, our<br />
staff prepares the <strong>Super</strong>8 <strong>Sound</strong> Catalog. The Catalog attempts<br />
to have at least a brief comment about every professional<br />
<strong>Super</strong> 8 tool. It attempts to be objective, and frankly<br />
critical where necessary. The Catalog is supplemented by<br />
Reference Book <strong>Super</strong> 8 — a 500-page compendium of<br />
original manufacturers' literature — and by a number of technical<br />
pamphlets on sync <strong>Super</strong> 8.<br />
5. Discount Prices <strong>Super</strong>8 <strong>Sound</strong> has low discount prices<br />
on <strong>Super</strong> 8 cameras, projectors, viewers, film, etc. With the<br />
addition of the 2% cash discount and the system discount<br />
offered when a complete integrated film production system<br />
is purchased from <strong>Super</strong>8 <strong>Sound</strong>, you are assured of both<br />
maximum economy and the advantage of expert advice on<br />
putting equipment together in an optimal system.<br />
6. An Unconditional Return Policy and Double Warranty<br />
<strong>Super</strong>8 <strong>Sound</strong> always adds 2 weeks to the beginning of your<br />
warranty, on any item purchased from us, during which time<br />
you may return equipment for an unconditional full refund.<br />
You must not fill out any warranty cards until you are satisfied<br />
you want to own the equipment. In the unlikely event<br />
that the original manufacturers do not make good on their<br />
warranty, <strong>Super</strong>8 <strong>Sound</strong> pledges to back them up with a replacement<br />
or repaired item at our expense.<br />
7. A Solid Reputation Within the Motion Picture Industry<br />
<strong>Super</strong>8 <strong>Sound</strong> is a sustaining member of the Society of<br />
Motion Picture and Television Engineers, and has worked to<br />
develop engineering standards for sync sound <strong>Super</strong> 8 equipment.<br />
Without such standards, <strong>Super</strong> 8 will not have the<br />
equipment compatibility and interchangeability that is the<br />
hallmark of a professional medium. In the long run, only<br />
equipment that conforms to basic standards will survive.<br />
<strong>Super</strong>8 <strong>Sound</strong> equipment is compatible with virtually every<br />
sync sound system in existence, professional or amateur, and<br />
we hope we have set an example for other manufacturers<br />
entering the new field of professional <strong>Super</strong> 8.<br />
8. A National and International Dealer Network <strong>Super</strong> 8<br />
<strong>Sound</strong> is building a growing network of distributors, dealers,<br />
and sales representatives across the U.S. and abroad. We hope<br />
to provide <strong>Super</strong> 8 filmmakers everywhere with local sales<br />
and service of the same quality they have come to expect<br />
from our Cambridge headquarters. We invite inquiries concerning<br />
local dealerships, or exclusive national distributions<br />
abroad. Not every <strong>Super</strong>8 <strong>Sound</strong> dealer can stock every<br />
<strong>Super</strong>8 <strong>Sound</strong> product, so call ahead before visiting, but our<br />
dealers can supply any item regularly sold by <strong>Super</strong>8 <strong>Sound</strong><br />
and listed in this Catalog.<br />
© 19 !75 by <strong>Super</strong>8 <strong>Sound</strong>, <strong>Inc</strong>. Permission is hereby granted<br />
to duplicate this catalog in whole or in part on the condition<br />
that the <strong>Super</strong>8 <strong>Sound</strong>, <strong>Inc</strong>. logo and address are included<br />
in the duplicated material. Authors preparing review articles<br />
on Professional <strong>Super</strong> 8 equipment for publication are<br />
encouraged to paraphrase the <strong>Super</strong>8 <strong>Sound</strong> Catalog freely<br />
and are encouraged to write <strong>Super</strong>8 <strong>Sound</strong> for copies of<br />
specific illustrations .<br />
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