Super 8 Filter question

[Dylan Moss]

If I'm using Kodak Vision 3 in a camera with an 85a filter indoors, during the daytime with no lights on, should the filter be on or off?

 

Thanks!

[Giorgio Taricco]

Vision 3 is a Tungsten balanced film so if you are shooting with natural lights, indoor or outdoor makes no difference, the filter must be on and the film speed changed to 320 ASA.

Giorgio

Edited June 17, 2012 by Giorgio Taricco

[David Mullen ASC]

There are Kodak Vision 3 stocks in both daylight and tungsten balance: 50D (5203), 200T (5213), 250D (5207), and 500T (5219). You'd use the 85 filter when using a tungsten stock in daylight balanced light.

[Miguel Loredo]

With or without filter, the speed of a film does NEVER change. This assumtion creates a lot of unnecesary misunderstanding in new shooters. It is the ammount of light that the filter itself reduces what has to be considered B)

 

Vision 3 500T is always ASA 500. With the filter 85 in, it's an ASA 500 film which is receiving less light.

[Richard Tuohy]

The pertinent question is whether Vision 3 500t currently comes with a 'filter notch' in the cartridge. If it does, then leave the filter switch (if there is one) set to 'sun'. If there is no filter notch, then in most super 8 cameras (those with filter notch detectors) the filter will be automatically switched out, so you will need to use an external 85 filter, or otherwise cut a notch in the cartridge so that the caemra's filter will remain in place.

So, question one: is there a filter notch on current cartridges of 500T

Qustion two is: does your camera have a filter notch detector.

To answer your questions, we need the answer to these two.

cheers,

richard

[Will Montgomery]

Assuming that you're shooting near a window and not in complete darkness, you would use the 85 filter.

 

Chances are that you are probably shooting in too low a light even for 500T (unless you are very close to a big window) so your camera will probably be wide open anyway; speed setting won't be very important.