Daniel Nilsson Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Hello! Recently bought the Canon xls 814 and I'm now ready to start experimenting with super8. I have bought some Wittner Chrome 200D for a project coming week (only film I could get within short time, live in Sweden). Does anyone know how the camera will handle this film, it's notched as ASA250. The camera should handle daylight stocks up to this ASA. Does this mean autoexposure should work correct if only my meter works properly? Anything else I should think about with this film?Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Cunningham Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Are you sure it's notched 250? I thought they (wittner) notched it 160D. 250 would be under and is the only way to get any real saturation or contrast out of it, but 160 is over and helps with the chunky grain a bit. I thought the ended up going with over rather than under, but I could be wrong. Either way the 814 xls will do fine. But, manual exposure is still the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Nilsson Posted October 5, 2015 Author Share Posted October 5, 2015 (edited) Thanks David!Yes I thought it would be notched 160 to, but it says on the cart "cartridge notched 250", and it doesn't press down on any of the 814's ASA pins, so I guess that makes the camera expose daylight as 250 and tungsten as 400? Unfortunately the aperture switch only works one way (to close the aperture) in my camera so I'm stuck on AE lock... Edited October 5, 2015 by Daniel Nilsson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Cunningham Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Thanks David! Yes I thought it would be notched 160 to, but it says on the cart "cartridge notched 250", and it doesn't press down on any of the 814's ASA pins, so I guess that makes the camera expose daylight as 250 and tungsten as 400? Unfortunately the aperture switch only works one way (to close the aperture) in my camera so I'm stuck on AE lock... Interesting, is that a Wittner loaded cart or someone else? Since it actually tells you on the cart that must mean someone changed their minds and went with under rather than over. I bet it's for the saturation and contrast which is bad when metered at 160. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Gladstone Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 A little underexposure is better for reversal films, and overexposure better for negatives, right? I'm sure that's why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Cunningham Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 A little underexposure is better for reversal films, and overexposure better for negatives, right? I'm sure that's why. Depends on your goal. For increased saturation and contrast, yes. But for less grain and a flatter look you would over expose. For average day to day use under exposing is probably better and safer. I like to shoot Agfa 200D over myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Nilsson Posted October 5, 2015 Author Share Posted October 5, 2015 (edited) A little underexposure is better for reversal films, and overexposure better for negatives, right? I'm sure that's why. But with the 814 that reads 250 daylight it would just be correctly exposed right? I mean the way they intended it to be, slightly underexposed then... Edited October 5, 2015 by Daniel Nilsson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Lucas Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Doesn't the 814 feature exposure compensation, too? Wouldn't help with any worries about over or under exposing? I'm also not clear why your camera won't go into manual mode. You've pressed the centre button in before trying to turn to manual? Or is it broken? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberto Pirodda Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 A little exposure is the way to go if you want to project reversal film, little over exposure will help if you want to transfer to digital video. Anyway, the best exposure is via manual ( external camera) metering, like real cine makers do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S8 Booster Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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