Editing Single-8 (section)

==History==
Both Single-8 and Super 8 were launched in 1965.<ref name=PopSci-6507/> The company Konan, also known for developing the Konan-16 subminiature camera, claims in its history page to have developed the Single-8 system in 1959.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.konan.com/hp2001/english/company/history.htm|title=Kanon History|last=|first=|date=|website=Konan.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061111200426/http://www.konan.com/hp2001/english/company/history.htm|archive-date=2006-11-11|access-date=2006-11-12|df=}}</ref> Single-8 proved to be quite successful in Japan, capturing 80–85% of the domestic market for [[home movie]]s until 1973,<ref name=Dew20>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qkXZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA219 |title=The Japanese Cinema Book |chapter=15 {{!}} The archive: Screening locality: Japanese home movies and the politics of place |pages=214–230 |first1=Oliver |last1=Dew |editor1-first=Hideaki |editor1-last=Fujiki |editor2-first=Alastair |editor2-last=Phillips |date=2020 |publisher=The British Film Institute |isbn=978-1-8445-7679-1}}</ref>{{rp|219}}<ref name=Lipton75/>{{rp|88}} but in the United States and other parts of the world, the Super 8 was the dominant format, in part due to Kodak's influence.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://slate.com/culture/2011/06/j-j-abrams-super-8-how-kodak-s-low-cost-super-8-film-influenced-a-generation-of-filmmakers.html |title=Backyard Auteurs |first=Elizabeth |last=Weingarten |date=June 9, 2011 |website=Slate |access-date=13 December 2024}}</ref><ref name=Yulsman72>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/completebookof8m0000yuls/ |title=The Complete Book of 8mm Movie Making |first=Jerry |last=Yulsman |date=1972 |publisher=Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc. |location=New York |url-access=registration |sbn=698-10461-7 |lccn=72-76678}}</ref>{{rp|19–21}} At least one camera was made which accepted both Single-8 and Super&nbsp;8: the [[Honeywell]] [[Elmo (company)|Elmo]] Tri-Filmatic Super 100, manufactured in Japan by Elmo and sold in different countries as the Elmo C300, which uses interchangeable magazines for Regular (Double) 8, Super&nbsp;8, Single-8, and 100-ft reels of Double Super&nbsp;8.<ref name=Yulsman72/>{{rp|23}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pacificrimcamera.com/rl/00083/00083.pdf |title=Honeywell Elmo dealer pages |date=1969 |publisher=Honeywell Elmo |via=Pacific Rim Camera, Reference Library |access-date=13 December 2024}}</ref>

Fuji announced it would cease production of 8&nbsp;mm film in 2006, but reversed that decision in 2007.<ref name=Dew20/> At the time, Fuji was manufacturing two versions of Single-8 film: [[Fujichrome]] R25N, a [[Photographic filter#Color conversion|daylight-balanced]] [[color temperature|(5500&nbsp;K)]] [[filmstock]], and Fujichrome RT200N, a tungsten-balanced (3400&nbsp;K) for indoor filming. The [[Sound Film]] brand is no longer made, although a magnetic sound stripe could be added to the film after processing. This option was chosen whenever sending the exposed film to Fuji in Japan for processing. Fuji discontinued sales of Single-8 film in March 2012 and stopped processing exposed film in 2013.<ref name=Dew20/>

In addition to the Fuji color films, [[black and white film]] is available from Japanese company Retro Enterprises. This Single-8 black & white [[reversal film]], named Retro X, is [[film speed]] 200 and is manufactured in Germany.

[[File:Fujica Single-8 ZX250 (interior side view).jpg|thumb|right|Fujica ZX250 Single-8 movie camera, with film chamber open]]
Although Fujifilm stopped exportation of Single-8 Film to other countries, individual companies in the United States and [[Europe]] import the filmstock independently. Single-8 is readily available in its home country of Japan where even used cameras can reach high prices in [[online auction]]s on [[Yahoo!|Yahoo! Japan]]. For example, a used [[Fujica]] ZC1000, the top-of-the-line Single-8 [[camera]], can fetch prices upwards to 250,000 [[Japanese yen]] (approx $2900).

[[Gainax|Daicon Film]] of Japan (now [[Gainax]]) produced a series of well-known {{Transliteration|ja|[[tokusatsu]]}} films in the 1980s using Single-8 film, some of which are now available on [[DVD]].