Lunar07 wrote:This is the cool thing about these cameras. They allow you to set the ASA so you can use 1.5V batteries and adjust the ASA. You would have thought that more Super8 manufacturers would have done the same. But nooooooooooooo we are stuck with filter switches, keys, and pins
Shanec8mm wrote:I am using the PX1 batteries for the K2. There are 3 for this camera. They are 1.5 volt but I was able to adjust the ASA on the dial. I have it set around 40ASA. I used this setting on my P4 and had excellent results. These batteries also last a long time. I've had 2 of them since 2005 and they still work just fine.
You are right the features of the average 8mm camera like a Bolex are amazing!
Another great thing about these Bolexes is the variable shutter. As you know 100D at the beach or any bright location requires one to either wait until later in the day to shoot, add a neutral filter, or the best option, one which I do, set the variable shutter to half. I then set the ASA from 40 to 20 and it works great. I find that most of my shots in bright sun light, like in a yard is usually around F16 and occasionally F11. It can be touchy with 100D but it seems to work fine. Another nice thing about 100D is the exposure latitude for a reversal film is very good. I had a shot from the beach, over the summer, that looked great even though it much of the highlights were washed out. Kind of looked vintage in a way. I had forgot to set the variable shutter, but looking at it projected confirmed that the latitude of 100D is quite surprising. One thing I have also found with this film is over-exposure works best. Under-exposure results in flesh that looks rather red. So when I set the ASA on my Bolex P4 and now the K2 I was doing so that the skin tones looked more natural.
But you are using 1.5V batteries. This will cause the camera to underexpose. Do you think that by overexposing you are actually setting the correct exposure for 100D since this is cancelling out with the underexposure?
Shanec8mm wrote:
Lunar07 wrote:This is the cool thing about these cameras. They allow you to set the ASA so you can use 1.5V batteries and adjust the ASA. You would have thought that more Super8 manufacturers would have done the same. But nooooooooooooo we are stuck with filter switches, keys, and pins
Shanec8mm wrote:I am using the PX1 batteries for the K2. There are 3 for this camera. They are 1.5 volt but I was able to adjust the ASA on the dial. I have it set around 40ASA. I used this setting on my P4 and had excellent results. These batteries also last a long time. I've had 2 of them since 2005 and they still work just fine.
You are right the features of the average 8mm camera like a Bolex are amazing!
Another great thing about these Bolexes is the variable shutter. As you know 100D at the beach or any bright location requires one to either wait until later in the day to shoot, add a neutral filter, or the best option, one which I do, set the variable shutter to half. I then set the ASA from 40 to 20 and it works great. I find that most of my shots in bright sun light, like in a yard is usually around F16 and occasionally F11. It can be touchy with 100D but it seems to work fine. Another nice thing about 100D is the exposure latitude for a reversal film is very good. I had a shot from the beach, over the summer, that looked great even though it much of the highlights were washed out. Kind of looked vintage in a way. I had forgot to set the variable shutter, but looking at it projected confirmed that the latitude of 100D is quite surprising. One thing I have also found with this film is over-exposure works best. Under-exposure results in flesh that looks rather red. So when I set the ASA on my Bolex P4 and now the K2 I was doing so that the skin tones looked more natural.
Which 'little enterprise' you mean? Dwayne's? If so, how much do they sell a 100D cartridge for?
When you buy 5 cartridges for example, if I understand you correctly, and one place charges you $16.95 like bhphotovideo, then comes along John Schwind to tell me he sells it for $14.50, this is a substantial price gradient that goes beyond 1 to 2 dollars. Maybe I misunderstood your point.
Because of the higher voltage from the 1.5 volt batteries the exposure meter will read higher if set at 100ASA so that would give an under-exposure. So by setting the ASA to a lower setting the meter is not reacting to the light so intensely, as a result the exposure is correct or very close. Over-exposure, yes, depending on the lighting conditions.
