nizo s800 users asking for some help

[tristar]

hi, i have a nizo s800 recently purchased without the manual and i shot a roll of plus x on it. i dont know if this happens to other people with this camera or its just this one i have but the little line that moves around in the viewfinder for setting the aperture is really sensitive. is there a way to lock it to whatever f stop you wish it to be? also, i was messing around with moving the camera diagonally and horizontal to get a vertical image i guess. it seems that when i turn the camera sideways to shoot vertically the f stop gauge disappears. i havent had time to get the film transferred yet so i have no clue as to if if will all come out over exposed or under exposed depending on which way i turned the camera. any users who can give me some answers about this would be good. thanks. oh yeah one more thing, how do you know if the film has been successfully rewound?

[filmo]

you won't get a "vertical" moving image by shooting with the camera rotated 90 degrees. It might look interesting, but the film will look like... well, like you shot it sideways.

If you are shooting with the camera turned sideways it will still be exposed the same as if you hold it the conventional way.

The Nizo 800 has a manual setting, so you can "lock" the exposure so that it doesn't pulsate wildly during a pan or when you turn the camera sideways for a "vertical" picture.

The people at the lab will rewind your film for you. All you need to do it pop the cartridge out and send it to them. Your Nizo will tell you when it's done with a solid red light in the viewfinder window. You should also see "exposed" in white letters on the film inside the cartridge.

Wait a minute, who is this? Is this Santo out trolling again? No, it couldn't be. He did say it was a German camera.

[Mitch Perkins]

hi, i have a nizo s800 recently purchased without the manual and i shot a roll of plus x on it. i dont know if this happens to other people with this camera or its just this one i have but the little line that moves around in the viewfinder for setting the aperture is really sensitive.

It's beginning to fail. Contact surfaces could be compromised. Let me know if you want to open it up, I'll talk you thru the only fix I know for this.

is there a way to lock it to whatever f stop you wish it to be?

Rotate exp meter knob counter-clockwise, out of auto setting. If it's still jumpy, it's definitely starting to fail.

also, i was messing around with moving the camera diagonally and horizontal to get a vertical image i guess. it seems that when i turn the camera sideways to shoot vertically the f stop gauge disappears.

Shouldn't happen. Did I mention the exp meter is probably failing?

[quote="tristar] oh yeah one more thing, how do you know if the film has been successfully rewound?[/quote]

If you refer to dissolve feature, "R" will appear in the little window in which "O" appears for normal shooting. Experiment w/no film in cam (at 18fps only!), to get the hang; once you depress the "R" button on top, you can let go of the trigger. Subsequently, film may not advance until "R" button on top is pressed again, though I just checked mine, and suddenly this is not the case anymore...

BTW, short double exp is possible with manipulation of dissolve feature -

- lock shutter open prior to film transport (fadeout is disabled, +1 fstop is req.'d, or maybe not, since it's double exp.'d)
- snap it shut *just before it rewinds*, or cover lens.
- w/shutter locked open again/still, start film transport, but remove finger from trigger; cam will stop at end of diss./double exp.

Practice makes perfect.

Mitch

[Justin Lovell]

ah, cool, thanks mitch.

I was toying with that idea when I was shooting the credits for Rage Of Silence, but didn't quite get it to work.

[Mitch Perkins]

ah, cool, thanks mitch.

I was toying with that idea when I was shooting the credits for Rage Of Silence, but didn't quite get it to work.

Yeah, truth be told, it's kind of a dumb idea, or at very least limited. Might be fun to play with though, if you've a roll to spare...

Mitch