Also,don't forget to use mostly closeup and med shots to keep the grain effect down. Lots of people, crowd scenes,landscapes and the like suffer the small format syndrome. This is true for 16mm as well, although you can get away with it alot better. Good lenses are really important. Also for newbies..try to get a copy of Polish Vampire in Burbank. It's a spoof on Vampire films of yore shot in the 80's on super 8. Talk about low shadow detail,grain and early transfers...but it's entertaining. Now there's something to compare current stocks and transfers to. Just had some pre-exposed 8+ year old Agfa 400 16mm stock processed and transferred. Yes,it was refridgerated and was surprised at how well the latent image held up. It would a ctually have looked much better today if shot on the newer S8 stocks. I guess that's a testament to modern S8 stocks.Well,just wanted to get my 2cents worth in. By the way,Plus-X stock pushed 1 stop gives an awesome film noir look. Really good for deep black shadows while hardly adding any grain. Hope I didn't bore y'all too much....
