new to super 8, please help!!!

[adamgarner]

What's that rule of thumb with depth of field? The larger the aperture (smaller f stop), the shallower depth of field, right? Always tricky since you can't tell on film cameras really.

[vidwerk]

What's that rule of thumb with depth of field? The larger the aperture (smaller f stop), the shallower depth of field, right? Always tricky since you can't tell on film cameras really.

The smaller the aperture(large f/#) the greater the depth of field.
It's also important to remember that depth of field extends 1/3rd infront of subject and 2/3rds behind subject.

vidwerk.

[adamgarner]

Right on Vidwerk, same thing I said just in the opposite way. Just don't want to confuse anyone. As always, Wiki does a great job explaining (and showing) the effects of aperture on DOF. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_of_field

Basically, if you over-light your scene, you'll make it flatter. If you under-light it with a canon 1014XL-S, the image has been said to go a bit soft (though I cannot really tell that much). So, the sweet spot is probably around f4-5.8 for sharpness and DOF.

While you're outside, the ND will limit the light. It's probably the best way to shoot outside. If you increase your shutter speed (change the angle of the shutter) the whole look of the footage would change significantly. It would end up looking like the action scenes from "Saving Private Ryan" or "CSI." Really strobe like. While it's cool, it may not be the right look anyway.

Obviously you'll want your shutter on 150 degrees for outside. If you don't know how to change shutter angle, it's in the manual. Just a twist of a knob and it's all good.

[Muckymuck]

As regards the Kodachrome, you're in luck.

The last batch was purposefully short dated so as not to conflict with the predicted closure of the European Kodachrome lab. My understanding is that had normal processing continued, the film would have been dated much later, so it should still be fresh. Even so, Kodachrome lasts for ages beyond its process-by date due to the method of processing in which colour dyes are added during processing rather than being present in the film itself.

It's cheap too, and Dwayne's take paypal at no extra cost, so wherever you are in the world, if you send 2 or more cartridges, the processing is just about the cheapest you can get anywhere too!

[mondo77]

Guys,

I have questions on strobing but have started separate thread as don't want to jack this one