Retro cameras are seeing a resurgence in popularity, but film tends to be expensive to develop. After finding a cheap Super 8 camera at a flea market, however, one filmmaker decided to convert it into a digital camcorder using a Raspberry Pi.
Nico Rahardian Tangara, a self-described creative working at the intersection of art and tech, found an old Canon 514XL S Super 8 camera at a flea market in Sydney for AU$5 – about $3.27 / £2.41. Tangera said that the camera didn’t work anymore, but he needed to strip out most of its innards for the project anyway.
