I was wondering how to develop video film into a watchable format? I just bought an old video camera and I'm not very knowledgeable on how it works. It's an M2 Instamatic that takes K40 film, if that helps. Thank you.
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First you should learn the words so you can tell people what you have. Instamatic is not video, it is Super-8 movie camera.
"The Kodak Instamatic M2 was an entry level movie camera model of Kodak's easy-to-use Instamatic camera series for cassette film types. It used Super8 cartridged 8mm film, with fixed movie speed of 18 exposures per second. It has a fixed focus Kodak Ektanar lens with f-stops f2.2 to f23. Outside it is made of solid light grey, dark grey and black plastic parts, inside some major parts are made of metal, making the brick nearly as heavy as real brick. A row of five drawings on the battery slot cover illustrate the correct choice of aperture for various weather conditions, which can be set with the thumb-wheel around the lens. The camera was introduced in 1965."
camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Kodak_Instamatic_M2
The technology is over 50 years old, so you are unlikely to find film cartridges. The camera is worth 15 bux or so on Ebay. You can use google.com to search for more information. Most people would just wonder why you want to fiddle with something that old.