K40 and Stadium Lighting Revisited

[tfunch24]

I got my test roll of K40 back from Dwayne's about a week ago and I'd thought I'd share the results.

There was enough light for an exposure. However, the image was not very bright and, in some spots, slightly hazy. The image had a fine-grain (no surprise there) and there was absolutely no shadow detail--as Mattias predicted (on the Hostboard Shooting 8mm forum). The band I filmed looked washed-out--the only colors that stood out were red and white--but they were performing on a football field under bright metal halide lights so that can be expected.

I still want to do this project, but considering the washed-out look I'm getting and the expense of purchasing and developing film, I'm thinking of switichng to digital video and saving my remaining rolls of K40 for something more viable. Of course, DV will look worse...

I also shot a roll of Ektachrome and Tri-X, but they haven't arrived back from Pac Lab yet.

If anybody wants me to, I'll upload some JPGs or an AVI.

Tom

[wahiba]

My last roll of Fuji single-8 was 200asa and I shot this under floodlights at a horse show ( and mounted camel band - it was in Oman ). It is on my site under places - Oman - listed as Horse Show. Sorry the music does not match the bag pipes.

[Guest]

Tom

Thanks for the update. Please upload some JPEGS when you get the other films back so we can all see the comparison of the different film stocks.

[tfunch24]

I got the Ektachrome and Tri-X back from the lab, as well as the first "official" cart of footage that I shot for this project. Let me begin by saying that I really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, dislike the Leicina Super's split-image focusing viewfinder, or, to be more specific, the sensitivity of the camera's focusing ring. It's a great camera but if someone in Texas sneezes, the camera goes out of focus. Most of what I filmed ended up in this maddening soft-focus; the best I could manage were the proceeding screenshots and they're hardly in deep focus. I apologize for that.

These screenshots were extracted from AVI clips captured by Sony DCR-TRV840 digital handycam at 720 * 480 resolution. The Moviestuff Video Cinemate 20 was the telecine projector. Three of these JPGs (testektachrome.jpg, testk.jpg, and testtrix.jpg) were taken from clip of a high school football game held in Souderton, Pennsylvania. The remaining JPG (testk402.jpg) was taken from a clip of a band competition held in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

http://www.angelfire.com/indie/tfunch24 ... chrome.jpg
http://www.angelfire.com/indie/tfunch24/testk.jpg (Ignore misspelled 'Second atempt" text)
http://www.angelfire.com/indie/tfunch24/testk402.jpg
http://www.angelfire.com/indie/tfunch24/testtrix.jpg

Please let me know if any of the links fail to operate.

Tom