Marc Marti

Luigi, you need to press the shutter release halfway if you want to meter the light. This is positive, because thanks to that the batteries on the camera last a loooong time.

http://www.fipra.de Serious, honest and they do a first class job.

Again: we're not blaming the camera. We're blaming the sample. There are lots of people in this forum that would have made better footage even with a 1€ camera. This video is the most uninteresting advert about super-8 that you can make. It's so wrong on so many levels that it almost looks like a parody.

Indeed! That's why I dislike that demo so much: it doesn't show any of the goodies that the camera delivers. It's just old looking, jumpy, uninteresting and bad graded footage. Even the gate is dirty! This is exactly the opposite of marketing.

+1 Kodak should be pushing the format to its highest level with the advent of the new camera. If I want Super-8 to look as bad as that video, I can spot a cheap 2€ Sankyo on Ebay and delete Davinci Resolve from my computer. Can't see the point on launching such a bad video.

By the way, I forgot to say that Fuji Provia 100F in super-8 and single-8 is cheaper... and it seems it will be even cheaper next 2017 ;) http://mimundoensuper-8.blogspot.com.es/2016/11/exclusiva-nueva-reperforadora-de.html Use Google Translator and be amazed by the news...

I've edited a negative for the first time last month (wet splicing), and now I'm waiting for Andec's polyester print. Lots of anticipation!

For less money, you can shoot fresh Vision3 stock, process it and have it printed in positive by Andec. And according to many people, with a much better quality...

100D is a bit soft for my taste, but looks beautiful projected. Ultra saturated colours. 50D and a projection print from Andec would be heaven, but an expensive one. Are you going to project your finished film or just finishing on digital?

After several years of home processing (and no permanent installation to do it) these are my conclusions, in order of difficulty (less to more): - COLOUR REVERSAL (E6): Can be as good as the lab. It's not that difficult to maintain temperatures (for example with an aquarium heater), and you can be sure that your chemicals are fresh. - B&W REVERSAL: As Doug Palmer pointed out, it can be MUCH better than the lab. D-94 is designed for quick industrial processing and kills a lot of the potential quality in many stocks. That extra quality can be obtained if you do it at home using different (and much slower) processes. On the other side, to get stellar results doing B&W reversal at home you need to experiment a lot and make a bit of investment in the beginning. When you are happy with the results, is dirt cheap. - COLOUR NEGATIVE: Forget it. Removing the Rem-jet at home is a really painful process and the C-41 system is not adequate for Vision3 stocks. At the actual stock prices, send it to a pro-lab and don't bother with it. In any case, at home you can make a lot of experiments and get incredible looks from your footage. Sometimes it's an art in itself! :) Good luck in whatever you decide!

Some years ago, I travelled to Dublin with several single-8 cartridges of Velvia 50. First scan at the Spanish airport. No questions, OK. When I was going back, at the Dublin airport, I asked for a hand inspection. No luck. They scanned my handbag with cameras and film. Then, they wanted me to get out my film equipment (including the cartridges) and put it in a tray to scan again. I told them it was film and that it wasn't good for it. In bad manners, they did the scan again. Quite frustrating. In the end, the rays didn't affected the film in any way. Most of times, the security at airports is nicer and even proceed with a hand inspection, but after the Dublin experience I'm not afraid of X-Rays anymore...

Don't forget the outstanding and *NEW* Logmar camera, taking C-Mount lenses. Also, considering "vintage" equipment, the Fujica ZC1000 is the best of the best. Takes C-Mount lenses, have lots of creative options and a real pressure plate, like professional film cameras. The only downside is that you have to transfer the super-8 film to Single-8 cartridges, but it's not difficult at all.

Don't really need a time machine for shooting single-8. Reloading empty cartridges is quite easy and the quality is worth the effort. But anyway, it's not something that I would recommend to a beginner...

Thanks for the compliments!! I'm so happy that you enjoyed the short... And sorry for my delay: I was without connection for a few days... Gabe, nothing was added in post to the picture. Fomapan R100, in combination with the ZC1000 and the switar lens gave this quality. Also, thanks to the outstanding scanning of ochoypico.com My only complaint was with the defective perforation of the stock, which gave unstable images. We shot all the film in backwards, so it made the things worse for stability... Anyway, I ended up loving the unstable picture :) As a side note: the film was edited with splicer and viewer, and a magnetic soundtrack added at the end of the process. The theatrical version was with 5.1 sound, but I was unable to incorporate that to the original super-8 :P

Gracias, José Luís! ;) It's great to receive compliments from someone so talented like you...