Richard Baines

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111558999389 5 cartridges, 4 of which are the last iteration. Email me about buying from outside the UK, I've not specified it on there yet because I'm not sure how much it would cost to send.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=110419469644 :)

I once had a little stickiness with a cart from an earlier batch of 64T in my 814XL-S at 24fps, and a cart of Wittner 100D I used got stuck 1ft from the end of the roll recently, but other than that I've never had any sticking problems with Super 8 at all. I mostly use Kodachrome 40 and Ektachrome 64T, and have shot quite a lot of cartridges this year so far. Batch 311 has run fantastically smooth for me, and I would trust Kodak stocks way more than any other repackaged 3rd party material. I definately think it sounds like the camera, considering everyone else seems to be having success with this batch of film then I'd definately want to point the finger first at a 30 year old camera.

An exact replacement for Ektachrome 160T would be simply to push 64T 1 1/3 stops - the grain is the same as the old stock, yet it doesn't have the flat washed out colours the old stock had, the colours on pushed 64T are more like 100D.

Wha? :blink: I really, really, think you're overcomplicating this one. A lens inverts the image, but this is cancelled out by projector. Why would you want it to be photographed the right way round? There would be no point to doing so.

Most people don't seem to but I like it - the extra speed really helps when shooting inside compared to Kodachrome 40. The grain can be tightened if you play around with exposure a bit, and the colours look great. I'm waiting for a pair of rolls I sent to Nanolab to come back, which I shot in low light and exposed at 160 asa for push processing, hopefully this will confirm that Ektachrome 64T is versatile enough to use under low light conditions too.

That's what my 814XL-S does if you press the little sound cartridge sensor inside the camera when you don't actually have a sound cart in there. Maybe something is pushing this down when it shouldn't be?

Yep, they stupidly purged all the moulds for the sound and 200ft cartridges quite a few years back. Personally I think the other new manufacturers (Cinevia et al) should be looking into making replicas of those cartridges, not the ones already on sale by the big K, as there's a genuine niche to exploit there.

Cosina MS XL-204 Although mine is missing the lens cap. Takes the 200ft Kodak cartridges and has an f/1.2 lens for low light filming. 9-36mm, macro function, 18/24fps. Only meters 40/160asa stock but has manual override. Very nice camera and has shot lots of excellent footage over the past 30 years. My other camera is a Canon 814XL-S, but everyone knows what that looks like.