Kodak Reliant 8mm (Double 8) Movie Camera Overview / Test

Michael Raso demonstrates functions and loading of the 1940s Kodak Reliant 8mm Home Movie Camera.
Film maker Sam Sherman talks about the history of 8mm home movie film on Film Photography Podcast #238 - www.podbean.co...

[@timelesstruths]

A new subscriber who has been binge watching in anticipation of purchasing some film shortly.

[@movieman95]

I went out and picked up one of these cameras partly because of this video. I like to think of it as an 8mm Brownie on steroids. It’s super well built and easy to load. All the gearing inside is metal so it should be ready to take a bullet if need be lol. It also holds the distinction of being one of the few 8mm cameras with a service manual available for it so repairs are pretty straightforward as well.
Love what you guys do, keep up the good work :)

[@rothellecooke7425]

Great I just got one that is working at all speeds. Thanks for the overall review. I think the only thing was missing was about the fixed focus of the lens.

[@timothylarson3558]

Another great review! Thanks, Mike!

[@wildolagos3009]

Una excelente radiografía a la cámara, unas imágenes notables y los buenos resultados de un formato cada vez más preciado y nostálgico. Nada mejor que el cine, nada mejor que lo analógico. Gracias.

[@aengusmacnaughton1375]

Thanks Mike! Who says that cameras need to have electric motors! Yet another Kodak Metal-Fantastic!

[@jessejenkins6930]

Great Video Mike! You guys do so much for the film community that we can’t thank you enough. BTW I love my Kodak Reliant! It’s one of my big favorites! Such a well-built and rugged camera. And it’s the only Kodak 8mm that I’m aware of that excepts D-mount lenses.

[@los3627]

I would like to start by thanking you for your lesson on these classic camps, I have been given a cannon 8mm eee and I've been wanting to get into filming a movie with it and I now know who I can get some help from. Thanx again 👌😎👍

[@danielmoljr4090]

Thank you for another great video! I found one of these cameras locally and picked it up yesterday. I have not shot 8mm in 25 years! Looking forward to trying this camera!

[@FilmPhotographyProject]

Great news....great camera!

[@LyndonSoulGroove]

HI Mike Good to see another Demo of 8mm Standard 8 Cameras, FPP has inspired me to take more film, who would have thought say back in 1990 I would be going back to this format, or even super 8
for that mater, at the age of 18 super 8 was so outdated, but we did not carry mobiles around, a still Film camera was still the norm and we only had it on special occasions, as film was expensive
for example very few photo's exist from my studen days of early 90's. Today in the digital age of short attention spans, waiting for that development back Has so much charm, after my dad passed away in 2018, was keen to take at least one super8 cartridge a year as a tribute to my Dad taking movies when we were kids.But Standard 8 has opened up my playing field.

[@sidneybristow815]

I have Some old 8mm reels, Kodacrome Cine-Kodak. One of them is labeled, “Revealing Pres Roosevelt, Grosvenor Sq, 1947”. I don’t even know how to view it. My Great Aunt from Long Beach was working in London after the war. Is it too old, i.e. a throwaway?

[@FilmPhotographyProject]

You can purchase a vintage projector on eBay.

[@danielagarcia-fw7cc]

Hii! Where do you take your film stock to develop? Or what are some recommendations to do so?

[@michaelraso]

FPP - filmphotographystore.com/collections/fpp-scanning-services

[@Kaufeetimevideo]

Who knew !
Who knew they had changeable lenses. Yep I'm telling ya if you pay attention in life you learn somethin new every day.

[@stevenhoelderich9490]

I,have a Bell & Howell, Director's Series 8mm camera , plus a Bell & Howell, Super 8 camera, the only thing, is their on the blink.

[@mikishootsonfilm]

I prefer now manual cameras than automatic. They allow you to use them nowadays without mercury batteries etc and set the aperture with an external lightmeter

[@CmdrMic]

Very cool.

[@ianhand5006]

I'm keen to give shooting movies a go. I've been shooting and developing my own film since 1980. Digital photography does nothing for me at all. I bought a Fuji X-Pro 1 years ago and I just use it for digitizing my negatives now.

[@super8blog71]

Another great video. My FPP hat arrived! My head is too big (well I should have known) but I think I got it to fit. I'm too scared and too cack handed to try 8mm. Maybe some day

[@FilmPhotographyProject]

Thanks for supporting the FPP! - Mike

[@danielmoljr4090]

I ran a roll of 100 ASA Black and White and 40 ASA Color. I was able to score a 6.5 f/1.9 lens. The original lens was no good.

[@MrCrazyiannis]

what problem did u experience with the original lens