B&W--The Super 8 Medium of Choice

[monobath]

So how much does a continuous-travel processing machine cost?

They are not readily available, so it's hard to say. The used ones I've seen are also typically very large, on the order of 8 to 12 feet long.

[Actor]

Monarchy is the one system of government where power is exercised for the good of all.
Aristotle, 384 - 322 BC.

Aristotle's employer was a monarch who probably would have had him killed if he said anything anti-monarchal.

He also said that the rate at which an object falls is a function of its mass. Wrong on both counts.

[tlatosmd]

He also said females were inferior to males because they had less teeth. There's no record of him counting his wife's teeth, though.

[teadub]

I seldom shoot Tri-X, and I wasn't as happy with the grain or the contrast the few times I've used it. I won't rule out user error though.

What it the old emultion or new? I think the new stock is a big improvement.

[Evan Kubota]

"He also said that the rate at which an object falls is a function of its mass. Wrong on both counts."

Come on - at the time, his work was quite inventive. It lasted until Newton, anyways :roll: His universe theory was also flawed but widely accepted.

[teadub]

Aren't we still trying to figure out the universe we live in?

please see:

wikipedia - quantum gravity

wikipedia - string theory and Large Hadron Collider

[monobath]

I seldom shoot Tri-X, and I wasn't as happy with the grain or the contrast the few times I've used it. I won't rule out user error though.

What it the old emultion or new? I think the new stock is a big improvement.

Old 7278. I haven't shot the new 7266. Well, I did shoot a cart of the new stuff, but I accidentally ruined it before developing. Very sad. Very embarrasing. (Free advice: Don't load your lomo tank, then set it aside for a couple of weeks, then later open it in the light forgetting that you'd loaded a roll of film in it.) I have more in the freezer, just waiting for the right occasion.

[Taliesin]

Here is a small clip of Tri-X I shot last spring.
I really like it, I like Plus-X as well.

http://members.cox.net/super8tri-x/Tri-X.wmv

Hand held Canon 814, straight workprinter transfer.

[Evan Kubota]

"Aren't we still trying to figure out the universe we live in? "

Yes, definitely. A true unified theory hasn't been proposed yet. I think it's pretty clear that Aristotle's conception of the solar system was wrong, though ;)

[teadub]

Yes, definitely. A true unified theory hasn't been proposed yet. I think it's pretty clear that Aristotle's conception of the solar system was wrong, though ;)

Haha, fair enough :o

[etimh]

Here is a small clip of Tri-X I shot last spring.
I really like it, I like Plus-X as well.

http://members.cox.net/super8tri-x/Tri-X.wmv

Hand held Canon 814, straight workprinter transfer.

Beautiful Taliesin. Really nice.

Tim

[Evan Kubota]

Fantastic picture quality on the Tri-X clip - not grainy at all... looks close to 16mm.

[Carlos 8mm]

Wow!
incredible fine grain for a B&W High Speed Film!

Really great. Thanks for share Tialesin.

[mattias]

the wmv codec removes grain. one of its biggest flaws in my opinion. black and white super 8 is supposed to be very grainy and so is 16mm. if you don't see any grain in a clip it's because the image has been degraded.

clip look great though.

/matt

[vapparn]

One shouldn't forget filters when playing with B&W. In my experience Plus-X can be sometimes a bit dull&flat and have no punch, but I don't see it as a problem. That is where filters kick in!