This is my first attempt at shooting super 8mm, so I'm wondering...
will a Canon 514 XLS work with ektachrome 64?
I need to shoot a quick project on that stock and I picked up one of those cameras so hopefully the two can mate. I mean, I wouldn't have thought about it but now I read how many super 8 cameras aren't designed to handle newer stocks.
Any advice appreciated.
Thanks!
Steven
Canon 514 XLS and ektachrome 64
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Sorry to reply like this, but the above link has enough info about your question. Hope I helped.
Sorry to reply like this, but the above link has enough info about your question. Hope I helped.
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As the owner of a 514XL-S, you can use E64T...if you're willing to engage in a little bit of trickery.
The cam sees it as ISO 160, so naturally, it'll grossly underexpose. So the trick is to meter your subject, then meter something darker until it reads 1 1/3 stop higher than the subject, then use the EE lock to hold that.
Obviously, this won't work on the fly, so you should probably look at exposing for just the main subject.
Or better yet, try to find another camera to use with E64T. Not trying to be a smart-ass, mind you; it's just that E64T doesn't work with a lot of the newer cams.
Hope that helps.
As an alternative, you might want to try either Wittnerchrome 100D, Pro8's 8/85, or Spectra Film and Video's upcoming Velvia 50D. The first two are Ektachrome 100D-based stocks, and are probably better-suited for modern cams, while Spectra's Velvia 50D supposedly is seen by newer cams as ISO 40--which in Velvia's case is good because it helps suck out some of the saturation to a point where flesh tones aren't quite so ruddy.
The only problem with Wittnerchrome 100D, though, is finding it. Wittner Kinotechnik's site is all in German, but there's http://www.andecfilm.de whom I've heard is pretty good, plus there's a guy who posts on the board that might still have a few carts. I purchased one from him recently, and he might still have some.
The cam sees it as ISO 160, so naturally, it'll grossly underexpose. So the trick is to meter your subject, then meter something darker until it reads 1 1/3 stop higher than the subject, then use the EE lock to hold that.
Obviously, this won't work on the fly, so you should probably look at exposing for just the main subject.
Or better yet, try to find another camera to use with E64T. Not trying to be a smart-ass, mind you; it's just that E64T doesn't work with a lot of the newer cams.
Hope that helps.
As an alternative, you might want to try either Wittnerchrome 100D, Pro8's 8/85, or Spectra Film and Video's upcoming Velvia 50D. The first two are Ektachrome 100D-based stocks, and are probably better-suited for modern cams, while Spectra's Velvia 50D supposedly is seen by newer cams as ISO 40--which in Velvia's case is good because it helps suck out some of the saturation to a point where flesh tones aren't quite so ruddy.
The only problem with Wittnerchrome 100D, though, is finding it. Wittner Kinotechnik's site is all in German, but there's http://www.andecfilm.de whom I've heard is pretty good, plus there's a guy who posts on the board that might still have a few carts. I purchased one from him recently, and he might still have some.
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That's a good question.
If you take a gander over to http://super8wiki.com they have an entire section on E64T and which cams can handle it.
From what I understand, all the Nizos except for the 148 and the Integrals can handle it.
If you take a gander over to http://super8wiki.com they have an entire section on E64T and which cams can handle it.
From what I understand, all the Nizos except for the 148 and the Integrals can handle it.
