What is an "8mm" film camera?

What is an "8mm" film camera?

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What is an “8mm” film camera versus what we're doing today in video? Well, 8mm film cameras are really the cameras of my childhood, cameras that I would have used as a kid, things that my parents would have taken on vacation. And they recorded traditional film that would have to go out to a processor and then be developed. You'd receive it back and you'd play it on a projector at home--turn the lights down and put your screen up, and that was a lot of fun. But times have changed and, really, nobody is using those except in a creative way. You may find students using them, or even professionals who love the texture and the look of 8mm film, but not so much anymore. We've all kind of moved on to video at this point.