Super 8 was introduced by Kodak in 1965, a wider, modified version of the older 8mm format aimed at easier, more reliable home use. Kodak has since restarted its Super 8 production lines, and there’s a real, active, growing community still shooting it today. This isn’t a dead format being revived from a museum shelf.
The frame itself is small, but the resolution held in the grain is surprisingly good, roughly in the neighborhood of 2K, and colors hold up well, especially on stocks that have aged better than others over the decades. The current stock is a Kodak positive reversal film.
The idea behind Loop8 is straightforward: creators shooting on real Super 8 film can splice a loop for this format and have it live in a cassette, playable on a viewer that needs no electronics at all. That gets you real longevity, real accessibility, and a format you can actually hand to someone rather than stream to them.