Sofia Miles

Thanks again! I will definitely get the book you suggested asap! It's just strange, because my Elmo Super Macro shoots such beautiful color without me ever having to think of the settings, but the more expensive Canon is less than perfect. Grrr... SM

Thank you all very much for your help! Does anyone have a film preference for both color & b+w --- indoor and outdoor shooting? How is the Vision 3 500T Super 8 Color Negative Film 7219 --- is this a versatile film? Sorry, I'm obviously a beginner...

Thanks, Jose --- it just seems strange that the B&W footage came out fine, but for some reason the color film was not properly exposed (?) even though highlights were bright and shadows were dark... I will look into the filter you mentioned. Attached is still from the footage --- as you can see it's very dark and the highlights appear to be tinged with orange... This was shot in bright sunshine, clear blue skies...

Hello, I recently purchased a canon 814 autozoom super 8. As far as i can tell it appears to be in great condition, but my color film came back looking muddy --- the colors are dark, the highlights are very bright with an orange tint (a lot of contrast, but little detail.) Flesh tones also appear very orange or red. I was shooting in bright sunshine using Ektachrome 64T Color Reversal with no filter on the camera. When shooting in B&W using 7265 PXR464 Super 8 50' Eastman Plus-X Reversal film in the same conditions the quality seems fine (maybe a little dark, but fine otherwise. Is there any reason why my camera would be fine shooting black & white film, but not with the color? If anyone has advice or knows what I'm doing wrong I would really appreciate your suggestions. Thanks so much! SM