The Logmar S-8 (Chatham) camera was not only the first new Super8 camera in 30 years but also the best performing camera ever build for the format.
OVERVIEW
DOCUMENTATION
FIRMWARE
VERSION LOG
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
OVERVIEW
It’s razor sharp pin registration, extended gate and pressure plate pushed the Super8 format beyond its tiny frame and gave an appearance of Super16 for the first time in history.
The Logmar S-8 was manufactured in a limited “one-off” production run of 50pcs in 2015 before its discontinuance.
This page is mainly kept for existing customer maintenance.
The Logmar S8 Chatham is no longer available for sale.
DOCUMENTATION
Digicanical S8 User’s manualFIRMWARE
Firmware upgrade procedure can be found here:
The latest known good firmware can be found here:
VERSION LOG
************************************************** ****** LOGMAR CAMERA SOLUTION ApS ****** ************************************************** ** ** ** Firmware files are dubbed: S8_xxx.dfu ** ** where xxx marks the firmware revision such ** ** as S8_098.dfu which is version 0.98 ** ** ** ************************************************** ** Copyright 2015 Logmar Camera Solutions ** ************************************************** Version 0.98 was the first initial release now obsolete - do not use this one! Version 0.99 is obsolete together with all 0.99 versions up to Qa - do not use these ones! version 0.99Qa is obsolete - do not use these ones! Version 0.99Qa2 is obsolete - Qa2 can still be used but audio works sporadically. version 0.99Qa3 is the latest firmware revision Fixes in Qa3 revision: L1: Adds WiFi functionality to the camera and allows remote start/stop. Connect to the camera hotspot "Logmar S8" and browse with your mobile device to 192.168.1.1 where you'll see a button called "Start" when you press it the camera will start recording and the button switches to "Stop" which you can press to stop recording. There's a 4.30 second delay introduced from the button press to the actual recording starts/stops due to
processing delays. L2: Changed the wording of "Eject Film" and "Load film" to "Retract pin" and "Engage pin" to better explain what's going on L3: Changed the wording of "Clean gate" to "Open shutter" L4: Added a menu feature "Advance loop" to advance the exposed latham loop into the cassette to avoid inadvertently using the first 65 over exposed frames after a loading of film. L5: Fixed a lot of small bugs L6: Temporarily removed SD-CARD and Sound support from the firmware as we are still working on identifying a bug that causes the sd-card to unmount randomly which leads to lost audio recordings.
Known bugs in Qa3:
B1: Audio recording may sporadically fail. Fixes in Qa2 revision: L1: Fixes issue whereby the shutter parked in the wrong position on "clean gate position" L2: Fixes issue whereby the pin/claw was parked in the wrong position prohibiting loading film L3: Adds security warning upon turn on if the speeds are set higher than 25fps L4: Increases drive strength on the motor driver to better cope with poor cassette's L5: Adds WiFi turn on/off feature L6: Changes "Clean gate" name into "Open shutter" which is the appropiate name for that feature L7: Changed descriptions on some of the info screens L8: Prepared calibration for the following ASA/ISO settings which will be enabled in 0.99Qb revision 16,20,25,32,40,50,64,80,100,120,160,200,250,320,400,500,640,800,1000 and 1200 L9: Fixes SD card logo bug when SD card was removed and you were in the menu which caused the logo to blink L10: Improved pressure plate fault switch scan time L11: Fixed formatting bugs in various texts L12: Updated the FAT32 file system to never revision L13: The Trigger output is now functional
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CUSTOMER SUPPORT
07/07/2023 – New improved loading tool:
Loading tool STL file if you wish to 3D print it yourself can be found here