Dilemma

[john59]

As the title says, I have four rolls of standard 8, and two carts of super 8, been in the fridge for at least 4 months now and I don't know what to shoot. Do I just shoot family ? or as I would like to do, shoot something of interest to others.................film is getting scarce now and the price may well get beyond what I can afford. What's your views guys ?

[Wade]

If you don't put anything else on film, then photograph your family and friends. It's interest will never wain for you.

[Charlie Blackfield]

4 months in the fridge isn't actually that long, most of my film has been lingering for a lot longer.

One thing that I tend to do is to shoot events I attend with friends. For example the Dorset Steam Fair, or an Aldermaston rally - both of which I shot on Standard 8 with a little handheld Bolex B8 - or, this coming Saturday, the Goring & Streatley Regatta where I intend to test out the slow-motion capability of one of my Super 8 cameras. The end result is something that is of (some) interest to the wider world, while, at the same time, of particular interest to those friends who were also at the respective event.

Charlie

[john59]

Thanks guys for the advice, I took up your idea Wade, When my eldest son was about 2 years old I filmed him playing at the front of our old house with a canon 5 series camera on super 8. Now he is 26 years old with an almost 2 year old daughter, we went back today and with the house empty at the moment, I shot the same scean. I aim, to splice the results onto the old footage and maybe have it telecined. Im just hoping that the film will turn out ok, I used a Bauer C 500XLM..........http://www.super8data.com/database/came ... 500xlm.htm

I used a roll of Ektachrome 64T and set the filter to the bulb. I hope I did right there .................and used the manual control for F settings. I kept it to around the sunny 16 mark most of the time and seeing as it is very sunny at the moment (we are having a heatwave at last here in blighty ) I also hope I have done that right as well.

I suppose the only way to find out is send it to Gauge film for processing, I know it is E6 processing but is there anything slightly different that should be done when processing this 64T ?



Best.


John.

[Andersens Tears]

Thanks guys for the advice, I took up your idea Wade, When my eldest son was about 2 years old I filmed him playing at the front of our old house with a canon 5 series camera on super 8. Now he is 26 years old with an almost 2 year old daughter, we went back today and with the house empty at the moment, I shot the same scean. I aim, to splice the results onto the old footage and maybe have it telecined. Im just hoping that the film will turn out ok, I used a Bauer C 500XLM..........http://www.super8data.com/database/came ... 500xlm.htm
.

Nice Idea, and a good camera!

I used a roll of Ektachrome 64T and set the filter to the bulb. I hope I did right there .................and used the manual control for F settings. I kept it to around the sunny 16 mark most of the time and seeing as it is very sunny at the moment (we are having a heatwave at last here in blighty ) I also hope I have done that right as well. .

You should have set the filter to "Sun" as Ektachrome 64T is a tungsten film and needs a colour conversion filter in daylight. Your images will be very blue. You can change them if you get the film transfered to digital.

Why did you shoot using the sunny 16 rule? Was the automatic exposure not working? Your film was rated at 40asa by the camera and you shot at 18fps? You can usually rely on the auto exposure unless you know it is not working properly after shooting a test roll.

I suppose the only way to find out is send it to Gauge film for processing, I know it is E6 processing but is there anything slightly different that should be done when processing this 64T ?



Best.


John.

Agreed, Kev can process the film no problem, and he can transfer ot for you too! Let us know how it turned out please ;)

[john59]

ahh, dam it, I was thinking that because 64T is a tungsten based film ( because it had the T and not the D ) and tungsten means to me artificial light i thought it was the opposite to daylight film ( where you switch the filter off ( bulb setting ) is this making sense ?.

its ok though, I have another 64T cart and can do it again, with the right setting. blush. :oops:


thanks for your reply though anders..................

[Patrick]

Recently, I ordered a bunch of Ektachrome 100D films from Kodak and used most of them at my sister's wedding. The ideal occasion to capture on super 8.

ahh, dam it, I was thinking that because 64T is a tungsten based film ( because it had the T and not the D ) and tungsten means to me artificial light i thought it was the opposite to daylight film ( where you switch the filter off ( bulb setting ) is this making sense ?.

Easily done. Back in the 60s and 70s when only tungsten films were available in super 8, the majority of camera designers simplified things by using a sun symbol if you wanted to film outdoors in sunlight, and a bulb setting if you wanted to film indoors under artificial lighting. Think of it like that and you can't go wrong.