Replay: Super 8mm and its relations still have quite a following, but what is the point of the format in the modern age? Last year I decided to do something I'd been meaning to do for a long while, I ...

Setting the way-back machine for 1970s Japan, we find a thriving market in 8mm and super-8 film cameras. With film as a technology still garnering significant cachet and a leaning toward the retro in ...

For the camcorder, since you have all the equipment, I would just try the Firewire and the Canopus and see which produces better output.