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by Wells
Thu Jan 29, 2004 11:07 pm
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: Ektachrome and 200T exposure questions
Replies: 38
Views: 5067

For what it's worth, I'll add a data point or two...

My nizo S800 has a pin in the aforementioned area that seems to override the manual daylight / tungsten setting. Here's how I confirmed: I opened up the back door with no cart in, opened the shutter, and observed the following:

Indoor setting ...
by Wells
Mon Jan 26, 2004 10:32 pm
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: Camera Recommendation
Replies: 16
Views: 3140

Wow, sounds really cool...Does the professional change the intervalometer and or aperture settings when in this mode? ie speeding up the frame rate to keep up with changing light? if so, that would produce some really cool effects...My nizo does not, but after reading someone's description of a ...
by Wells
Mon Jan 26, 2004 8:59 pm
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: Camera Recommendation
Replies: 16
Views: 3140

I have a nizo s800 and it does the time exposure thing. The intervalometer can be set from 6 frames per second to 1 frame per minute. This can be utilized in normal mode, where the shutter only stays open for a fraction of a second, or in shutter open mode, (by pulling the fade lever back past full ...
by Wells
Sun Jan 25, 2004 4:30 am
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: Super8 print,
Replies: 13
Views: 2005

I would have to respectfully disagree... It won't be good enough (compared to optically printing) as it won't any different than cropping into an 8mm section of a 35mm transparency. There is a limit to how high a resolution you can go using even a commercial scanner and a huge loss of resolution ...
by Wells
Sat Jan 24, 2004 9:18 pm
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: Super8 print,
Replies: 13
Views: 2005

Oh, forgot to mention, do it yourself ilfochrome requires an enlarger with a color head, and it's own set of chemicals. The process is quite touchy if I recall, with many steps and a tight temperature range (1/2 a degree or so i think) That being said, there are some kits out there...Dont forget, no ...
by Wells
Sat Jan 24, 2004 9:09 pm
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: Super8 print,
Replies: 13
Views: 2005

All good ideas and there are a few "workflows" you could use, but watch for these caveats:

Positive film to larger positive film to scan won't really get you anywhere, as there are film scanners that handle any format, and will scan down to the grain. Every generation of duping in your process will ...
by Wells
Sat Jan 24, 2004 8:34 pm
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: Some ruminations on tri-x from a newbie...
Replies: 17
Views: 2677

Thanks all for your replies.

Wells
by Wells
Sat Jan 24, 2004 4:48 am
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: Some ruminations on tri-x from a newbie...
Replies: 17
Views: 2677

Some ruminations on tri-x from a newbie...

Hello list...

First post...

I'm a photographer, and recently "got hooked" myself...I was never a fan of the look of video (save for the ridiculously large amount of footage that can be created for no money...) and recently borrowed a friend's Nizo to film some surfing...I now have 6 rolls of k40 ...
by Wells
Fri Jan 23, 2004 7:24 pm
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: What's A Fast Lens?
Replies: 31
Views: 5733

F-stop is the result of dividing the focal length of a lens by the diameter of the effective aperture. Therefore a 0.5 lens will have an aperture twice the diameter of the focal length. At these extremes, light coming from the edge of the lens must bend around 45 degrees. Very hard to keep all ...
by Wells
Thu Jan 22, 2004 9:40 pm
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: NIzo s800 Tech jIve
Replies: 4
Views: 3842

Oops, forgot about the batteries...yeah, you need them, and remember you need the 1.35 Volt zinc-air ones, not the 1.5 volt normal buttons; (hard to find, don't work well in cold, etc. ) one drawback to early nizo's...

Wells
by Wells
Thu Jan 22, 2004 9:34 pm
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: Nizo & Vision 200T
Replies: 2
Views: 859

Hi.

200 is (approx) 1/3 stop more sensitive than 160. (ASA's work like shutter speeds, a doubling of the number=one stop, eg. 25-50-100-200-400 are all one stop apart, 40 is 2/3 stop from 25, etc)

Neg film, with it's lattitude, would render 1/3 stop inconsequential, especially on the overexposure ...
by Wells
Thu Jan 22, 2004 9:04 pm
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: NIzo s800 Tech jIve
Replies: 4
Views: 3842

I believe I can clarify some of Pedro's observations, as I have a nizo s800 and (i think) i've figured out most of the features.

First of all, the Nizo uses it's variable shutter (not the aperture) to perform fades, so the same lever that does the fade is the one that does the half-shutter ...