Films for Canon 514XL-S

[jmiller]

Hello! I would very much appreciate your help. I just bought a Canon 514XL-S camera. I have now seen that the new Kodak Ektachrome 64T film will not work in this camera. Given the mechanism in the 514, it will see the 64T as ASA 160, causing an underexposure of 1 1/3 stop.

To illustrate the dilema with the Canon 514XL-S, here is a website that shows why only certain films will work in lower tech cameras like the 514:

http://super8wiki.com/index.php/Super_8 ... ld_cameras

So, my question is, what currently produced Kodak films will work?

Here are the "Film Speeds" listed in the Canon 514XL-S manual:

Tungsten Light - ASA 40 160 250
Day Light - ASA 25 100 160

Given these capabilities, which of the currently produced Kodak films below will work in this camera? I know that Kodachrome 40 does work, but it is out of production.

* PLUS-X Reversal Film 7265 (Tungsten Light - ASA 80 / Day Light - ASA 100)

* Tri-X Reversal Film 7266 (Tungsten Light - ASA 160 / Day Lght - ASA 200)

* KODAK VISION2 200T Color Negative Film 7217 (Tungsten Light - ASA 200 / Day Light - ASA 125)

* KODAK VISION2 500T Color Negative Film 7218 (Tungsten Light - ASA 500 / Day Light - ASA 320)

I do appreciate any advice you can offer. I want to make sure that whatever film I use in this camera will work automatically, without having to fake the camera out with the EE Lock Lever or anything.

Thank you again, everyone!

John

[tlatosmd]

EE lock. Point the camera at something to make the aperture 1 and 1/3 stop more open, then press the EE lock.
Canon 514XL, 514XL-S (cameras believe it is 160 ASA Tungsten)

(Another solution:)

adjust the overexposure control switch to +1, so it will actually expose as 80 ASA, underexposing only -1/3 stop.

Anyway, this gives me an opportunity to ask about it the other way around, how much f-stop compensation do I need to compensate for a camera intepreting 64T as 40 ASA? -2/3 stops?

[christoph]

Anyway, this gives me an opportunity to ask about it the other way around, how much f-stop compensation do I need to compensate for a camera intepreting 64T as 40 ASA? -2/3 stops?

jup.

as for the canon, i think you're limited to K40 and Tri-x if you want to use the camera without any manual adjustment, but you could put a ND2 gel for 64T in front of the gate as mentioned in the wiki.

++ christoph ++

[Tom Ballard]

I haven't used it for years, but I have that camera.

If you don't want to play with the exposure, use a 2x ND filter as has been suggested. That'll get you within 1/3 stop. Add a 1x UV filter and you're right on.

Simple manual solution: Focus on your subject. Get the reading with the internal meter (hope it's fairly accurate). Then, open up 1 1/3 stops. If you're reading f/5.6, manually set it to f/2.8 2/3. That'll provide the correct exposure.

Tom Ballard