Steve Daniels

Hey Phil I appreciate your time and the kind words. I was going for that low chroma, washed out, blown out {Ha...it's good BS excuse anyway} post apocalyptic look.

Hey Rob Thank you for taking the time to watch the film and offering your thoughts. I whole heartily agree, the film would have seemed far creepier if shot on film. In fact, I shot a previous short film, "the gibbering horror of howard ghormley" {see link below} at this same 1800's farm house on super 8mm, and it did read much creepier. Shooting it on DSLR came down to budget and light sensitivity. Lighting interiors for super 8 film was insane...and hot. Ha. Thanks again.

I wanted to invite you all to view my 4 min HDSLR short horror film "T is for Termite." It was done in the pulpy spirit of Robert E. Howard's weird horror western tales. It's about a crust punk exterminator that goes into abandoned houses to clear them of unspeakable termite monstrosities. Generally a Super 8mm filmmaker, this is my second HDSLR short film and I couldn't be more pleased with the results. I have found many useful tips and inspiration from this forum, so I thank you all for supporting it. The film was shot on the Canon 5D using Technicolor's Cinestyle for all Daylight scenes, and Neutral look setting for all interior. All footage was then graded in post. Thank you for your time and consideration. I appreciate any critical feedback. Steve Daniels

I wanted to invite you all to view my 4 min HDSLR short horror film "T is for Termite." It was done in the pulpy spirit of Robert E. Howard's weird horror western tales. It's about a crust punk exterminator that goes into abandoned houses to clear them of unspeakable termite monstrosities. Generally a Super 8mm filmmaker, this is my second HDSLR short film and I couldn't be more pleased with the results. I have found many useful tips and inspiration from this forum, so I thank you all for supporting it. The film was shot on the Canon 5D using Technicolor's Cinestyle for all Daylight scenes, and Neutral look setting for all interior. All footage was then graded in post. Thank you for your time and consideration. I appreciate any critical feedback. Steve Daniels

I have this lens and it works very reliably on my Nizo 801 macro. It allows you to shoot in tight spaces wonderfully. It does not distort the image badly like a fish eye, but there is a very faint bending of the image around the far edges, and naturally some vignetting. Depending on where the light source is, the outter image ring can glow as well. Here's a low quality, shits-n-giggles test film I shot with the lens for work.

Or better yet, just order the film straight from Kodak.

Karl, we know you really love the grain brother. You're always hanging out in the super 8mm forum with the rest of us "grain lovers". Ha!

Hey Ryan It could be because the film cart was too tightly wound when it was made. If it happens again, you can manually turn the film on the side of the cart to loosen it up. I've encountered this in the past with a entire box of 20 carts of Ektachrome from Kodak. The cart would run fine and then completely lock up. I tried about 6 different carts and finally contacted Kodak who explained that it was a manufacturing flaw. They replaced all of 'em. Hope this helps.

Hey Jennifer Try this website http://super8arena.com/camera_manuals.php

Save your money and just shoot Tri-X.

Hey Pav...this is a fantastic camera. It was my first Super 8 cam and I still shoot with it as my "B" camera. It shoots footage that can be edited with footage from my Nizo 801 with little, glaring differences. Small, excellent, FAST lens. It does have manual exposure control, but it's not accurate. Shooting on "auto" exposure yields bests results. It does 18fps, single frame, and it has a cool intervalometer built in to allow time lapse and crazy sped up/blur footage. I haven't adjusted for 64t and not familiar with the 24fps adjustment, but it's great for Tri-x reversal film. Hope this helps. Steve

A Nizo Pro, and a black one at that (I think they are rarer) for $225. Damn, you got a steal. Hope it works.

Thanks for the info. I wonder if this then takes away from that true, classic 18fps-ish flicker when watching on video. I'll have to compare projected stuff to my mini dv tape transfers.

I've always been curious about shooting 18 fps and then getting it transferred to mini dv, ntsc video, which of course is 29.976fps. Does anyone know what happens exactly? Does the the super 8 shot at 18fps is "re sampled" to fill the ntsc video frame rate? When played back, are you seeing 18fps playback, or some bastardized 30fps look?

Got my A508. I like it's thick robustness. It runs incredibly smooth and quiet like my Nizo. I gotta say though, the viewfinder isn't large and bright, and the zoom/macro lever is small and awkward. Hopfully the image it produces out weighs these small quips.