Bart Smith

Canon made a 'Manual Diaphragm Adapter' to address this problem, but it is much easier and cheaper to buy a toothpick and do as Tim suggests...

If it is anything like the 814 XL (and it is pretty similar in terms of construction), you also need to pop off a glued-on metal plate between the tripod mount and the door hinge.

The "user-base" that Andec have is pretty damn big, much larger (in Super 8 terms) than I-Lab or Images could hope to garner put together, and you say that their processing is "very good", so I fail to see what point you are trying to make. It seems to me more like it is an exercise in Widescreen/Flashscan-bashing more than anything else. And BTW I own/am Blue CineTech, and as I'm pretty sure that you have never used us I'll take your opinion about the services offered by my company ("others mentioned") with a very large pinch of salt. In terms of processing quality if the chemistry is good and is regularly tested, and the machines move film through the correct baths at the correct temperatures for the correct times, and everything is kept clean enough, it is unlikely to make much difference if you use brand new or 20 year old kit. The likelihood is that in terms of processing (since that is what we were talking about) Andec, I-lab and Images (or whatever they are called now) will all probably be perfectly good. What is pretty much a given is that any company that has invested 200K in new plant is going to have to recoup that fairly pronto, the only way they can do this is to charge big money.

What makes you think that the processing will be "grungy" compared to that which Soho images (or whatever they are called now) & i-Lab will do? Both Widescreen/Blue CineTech do it through Andec, are you saying their processing is worse???

I believe that Film & Photo's prices are ex VAT, so for a valid comparison to be made the price should be quoted at £34.50. I may be wrong... The only film that I have seen come back from them (a clients footage that I was transferring) was on a core, not a reel. It was clearly a 16mm one cut in half. Took me by surprise a bit, but it was pretty easy to spool onto a reel (I didn't have an 8mm split reel to hand). The quality of the processing seemed perfectly good.

Well they're not referred to as DOF adaptors for nothing. Look at the Vimeo link he posted.

Sent a PM but your inbox is full. I hire Super 8 cameras. Click on my website and contact me. www.bluecinetech.co.uk

http://www.jeffheit.com/nizo801macro.pdf This is for the 801 macro, only difference is how close the lens focusses, so will be fine for reference purposes.

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Hi Josh, Not that I would wish to discourage you from going for both (since you say you are planning to buy from us!), but my best advice would be to put one single roll of 64T through it, testing all functions of the camera, and wait till you get the developed film back. I have no doubt that the guys who you bought the camera from are honest & reputable, but few dealers shoot test rolls through their cameras before selling them. PM me and I'll do you a deal on film/process/telecine. It is well worth doing a camera test before throwing a load of money down the drain. Bart

What country are you in???

Phone Soho-iLab, ask to speak to Len Thornton (if poss), explain that they are camera tests, and that you are a student etc. Be nice and polite, and see what happens!

Other people you could try.... Simon Challenor details here Martin Stent details here Or possible even Chris Edwards details here although I think the job might be a bit too mechanical for him??? An excellent lens technician though.

Hi Olex, Are they any good? As far as I recall they have a reputation for being pretty inaccurate, is that your experience? Bart

Hi, Does anyone recognise this model of Director's finder? I'm trying to work out which companies rebadge/rebrand this type in the USA or the UK etc.

On ebay now, starts at 99p What have you got to lose other than your dignity??? Click here if you want to take a look at my auction

I know I'm probably not meant to post this here, but hey... This is after all the Super 8 section. On ebay now, starts at 99p What have you got to lose other than your dignity??? Click here if you want to take a look at my auction

Although it is true to say that the Flashscan 8 can output SDI 10 bit, the true story is a little bit more complex than it would seem at face-value. The camera that they use is a Hitachi HV-D30 1/3rd " 3CCD. Google it - it only has analogue output. So how do they get SDI output? With the original units they bought one of these.... ...took it out of its casing, and mounted it on the back panel of the Flashscan. You could plug a number of very ordinary cameras into the MC-2E and magically get SDI video out. AFAIK they may be using a different unit now, but the principle must be the same.

There is no SMPTE specified 200T speed for Super 8. Set normally it will read it as 160T. Don't worry about this discrepancy, slight overexposure is 'good' for VISION2 stock. If you really really really want to fetishise exact exposure there is a compensation control of +/- 1 stop in 1/3rd stop increments. This assumes that your camera's meter is super-accurate anyway, which is unlikely bearing in mind that it was probably last serviced back in the good ol' days when Ronnie Reagan was president. As a Briton I should probably be talking about Maggie Thatcher, but I'm sure you get my point. Don't worry about it - shoot a test roll using the internal meter without any exposure compensation and see how you go.

http://www.taw.eu.com Based in Staines, no prices on the website, give them a call...

Looks like Bjarne Eldhuset's free Super 8 manual site has gone to the great web-domain in the sky... Presumably it must be expensive if your bandwidth is big.

If you're using the internal meter you can have it set the aperture in automatic mode ("auf") and turn the dial 1 click anticlockwise to "fix". Unsurprisingly, that locks/fixes the aperture to the last reading that the automatic exposure setting chose. Useful if you want to zoom in to do a spot-metering type exposure. "Fix" it, zoom out, et voila....

Look at the dial immediately below where it says "Nizo 6080". Turn the switch to the "man" setting. You can then toggle the aperture open or closed by pushing the spring-loaded switch to + or - You need to look through the viewfinder to get the aperture readings.

It has manual exposure - lift up the flap at the front of the top of the camera. Easy to miss if you don't know it's there. It meters TTL, so an ND would be no good.

http://www.telecine.de sell boards that you can fit to Bauer T502, T510, T525 and T610 projectors to sync them at either 16 2/3 or 25FPS over here in PAL-land. The 16 2/3 board can operate at 20FPS NTSC as far as I can understand. The sync is derived from a video genlock. I can't work out how to link directly to the relevant bit, click on 'Produkte' and scroll down to 'Einbausatz Artikel-Nr. 1020'. Price is ?73.50 inc tax. My German is non-existent, so I may be missing some vital bit of info as I can only really read it via online translation tools. A Bauer T610 sold on ebay.ca recently for C$159.50. Nice machine with stereo playback.