Peter Dean

This is a low budget music video for the song "Classically Trained" by Ann Arbor, Michigan hip hop artist, Clavius Crates. I directed, shot it on super 8, processed it by hand, and edited in FCP after having it transferred to video. Let me know what you think!

http://vimeo.com/7777910

Peter

This is a low budget music video for "Classically Trained" by Ann Arbor, Michigan hip hop artist, Clavius Crates. I directed, shot it on super 8, processed it by hand, and edited in FCP after having it transferred to video. Let me know what you think!

http://vimeo.com/7777910

Peter

Hahah I know it's not bad... but I don't have $600 ... I was thinking more $200!!!!!

 

I only want it for small projects...

You should look into the mid-range Nizos, or Nizo compacts (http://super8arena.com/index.php?cPath=2_18_27), and Bauers (http://super8arena.com/index.php?cPath=2_7_26). These are great cameras, and cheap too! It's that great German design.

Remember, you're going to be spending more money on film, processing, and transfer! So if you only have $200 bucks to spend, you might want to save up a bit more before you start this project.

I am going to buy a Super 8 camera soon, there are so many out there and I have noticed that most of them use split image focusing.

What I couldn't find out for most of the cameras that I'm interested in is if you get a live view of the image so you can evaluate the DOF before/when shooting.

 

If you look at the specs of cameras in this shop:

http://super8arena.com/nikon-r10-super-zoom-1-p-164.html

 

you will see it says rangefinder which I associate with rangefinder cameras where you are looking through plain glass and not the lens and can't evaluate DOF. Is that the same for Super 8 cameras?

Most super 8 cameras, including the R10, have reflex viewfinders, meaning you can see the same image that will be captured on the film. There are a ton of websites devoted to super 8. Check out super8wiki.com, http://home.pacbell.net/mnyberg/super8mm, super8aid.net, etc.