J Artent Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Hi, I'm having no luck determining whether my Canon 814 XL Electronic is likely to 'read' a Tri-X Cartridge rated at 200/160 ASA as either 200 or 160. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Tuohy Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Hi J Artent, No super 8 camera will read a cartridge as 200 asa as there is no 200 asa as there is no 200 asa notch specification for super 8 cartridges - either for daylight or for tungsten. Super 8 cameras will either read Tri-X as either 160 or 250 asa, depending on how sophisticated the notch reading system is. This camera has a full set of speed detectors, so it will rate Tri-x as 250 asa. Hope that helps, richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Loredo Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Richard is right: Desite the film itself is 200ASA there is no such notch in the Super8 system and 160 is used instead. Your Canon 814 camera can cope automatically with all the filmstocks, if that was your question. So point and shoot with no worries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Artent Posted November 14, 2012 Author Share Posted November 14, 2012 Thanks so much for your responses. Very helpful! :) John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachary sala Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 this should help if you want to mess with your exposure http://super8wiki.com/index.php/File:Cartridgenotchruler.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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