Jim Hoene Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 How Can I look up which film is right for my camera? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Buick Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 If it's manual exposure then anything will do, however if it's auto exposure then you'l probably have to make do with 25, 40, 100, 160. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Buick Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 DAYLIGHT : 25, 100. TUNGSTEN: 40, 160. Sorry, should have been more consise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hoene Posted December 31, 2006 Author Share Posted December 31, 2006 Well I went to Kodak's site and found these films available for Super8: Ektachrome 64T Kodak Vision2 500T color negative film 7218 Kodak Vision2 200T color negative film 7217 and for b&w: Plus-X Reversal Film 7265 Tri-X Reversal Film 7266 Can these be used in any Super 8? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Buick Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Those would have to be exposed in a camera with manual exposure, the Plus-X may be okay, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Buick Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 What camera(s) do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Schilling Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 If your using Canon 814 (other post) then any film available will expose fine. If your projecting and splicing, use reversal. If your getting a pro transfer and editing in NLE, use negative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hoene Posted January 3, 2007 Author Share Posted January 3, 2007 What camera(s) do you have? Right now a Bell & Howell 1222 soundstar but then I'm considering a Canon 814Xl-S If your using Canon 814 (other post) then any film available will expose fine. If your projecting and splicing, use reversal. If your getting a pro transfer and editing in NLE, use negative. Are you talking about transfering by telecine to a digital media for editing purpose when you suggest using negative? Which method of editing is best? Do you lose some of that film look when transfering to digital? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted January 3, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted January 3, 2007 Do you lose some of that film look when transfering to digital? All film gets transferred to video (usually digital video) if you want to watch it on video, so I'm not sure what the question is. You don't have a choice if you want to show it on a TV monitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Schilling Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Are you talking about transfering by telecine to a digital media for editing purpose when you suggest using negative? Which method of editing is best? Do you lose some of that film look when transfering to digital? Negative is designed for digital transfer, or printing... and you don't lose the film look. Like David said, anything you see on TV that was shot on film goes through this process. Reversal is meant for direct projection of the camera original. You can have reversal transferred to digital, but you pick up contrast... and won't see into the highlights and shadows like negative film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Buick Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Do you lose some of that film look when transfering to digital? Telecined film does take on some video characteristics, these mutations are what's known as 'the film look'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hoene Posted January 4, 2007 Author Share Posted January 4, 2007 Negative is designed for digital transfer, or printing... and you don't lose the film look. Like David said, anything you see on TV that was shot on film goes through this process. Reversal is meant for direct projection of the camera original. You can have reversal transferred to digital, but you pick up contrast... and won't see into the highlights and shadows like negative film. First thanks to all. What is reversal used for? Also, and this may be off topic but can Super8 be cropped into a 1.85:1? If so are there any rules for framing your shots to make the best of it? Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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