Lovers of good old-fashioned 8mm film will want to take note.

Japanese camera manufacturerChinonhas revealed a new retro-inspired HD video camera, the Chinon Bellami HD-1 Digital Super 8 Camera.

Its shape, its control systems and its weight-in-hand echoes the original from the lens to the eyepiece.

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It can shoot 1080p video at 30fps, a standard resolution at an admittedly less-than-standard frame rate.

Its only available to the Japanese market at present, but that might change in the future.

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Chinon Bellami HD-1 Digital Super 8 Camera 1

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Chinon Bellami HD-1 Digital Super 8 Camera 2