- Screen-free gun-grab digital video camera with analog checks
- Four vintage-inspired filters and choice of aspects
- Available for pre -ordering in late July
Call me a sucker for nostalgia but I have long wanted to get my hands on the amazing 21st-Century version of Kodak Super 8. Now I have found something that scratches that itches without also demanding that I re-arrange my house: the camp Snap CS-8.
Kodak revived Super 8 last year and it’s really something special. Comes in a tailor-made, foam-lined Pelican case complete with a 6 mm removable lens and package of 8 mm film, 2024 Take on the Iconic 1960-Tallle’s home film camera can shoot both analog and digital video and are built to unimplacible standards. The eyed pricing price reflects it: It’s $ 5,495 (approximately £ 4,350 / AU $ 8,450).
For those looking for a shot of nostalgia at a price that is a little more tasty, there is always the opportunity to pick up an original super 8-camera of good quality in the used market. Or you can just go cheap, modern and digital. Go forward the camp Snap CS-8 and the launch very soon.
If the name rings to a bell, it’s because Redondo Beach, California-based company Camp Snap is responsible for the small, distinctive and lively screen-free point-and-shoot digital camera of the same moniker. Oyering Retro Appeal and Available in a wide range of color finishes, this stripped 8MP is snapping yours for only $ 69.95 / £ 53 / $ 110 (and it’s in our best cameras for Kids Guide).
Obviously, Camp Snap is not acting as a Fujifilm X100IV – and in fact, it lacks the kind of point to even compare it to what most of us might classify as a “real” digital camera. But I think it is simplicity and “at the moment” that is not inconsistent, make it perfect for documenting weekend trips or transfer to children who will take their first steps to photography. Basically, the point is.
Pull that trigger
Camp Snap CS-8 brings the very same low-tech, high-charm approach to a digital video camera. Like the movie-based Super 8s from the past, it sports it a gun grip design recording when the user holds the trigger down and stops when it is released. A small electronic viewfinder is used, but only for living composition-there are no menus to browse and no options for playing recordings in the camera. Instead, recording is stored on SD card (a 4 GB card comes in the box) and can be switched off to your computer via USB-C (also used to recharge the battery).
CS-8 comes with a selection of digital filters and the possibility of turning between four aspects (1: 1, 9:16, 4: 3 or 16: 9) on the go, allowing users to detect social media-clear clips without the need for any off-camera editing. All of these are selected by turning old -fashioned dials, while remaining battery life and storage can be traced by looking at the needle’s position on an analog meter. The only other control you need to worry about are the buttons that zoom in and out.
The price of all this retro -tightness? Only $ 199 (which currently converts to around £ 147 / AU $ 302), with pre -orders starting on July 31st. That’s only 3.64% the price of Kodak’s new Super 8.
Camp Snap has sent us a CS-8 to test, so look for a full, in-depth review here very soon. Tell us it in the comments if there is something in particular you would like us to focus on when we take this old hour’s video camera for a test run.
