Justin Donoghue

Hi According to super8wiki your camera has manual exposure which means you can adjust your exposure to suit the new 100D stock if you have either a seperate light meter or adjust the reading the internal light meter gives you: http://www.super8wiki.com/index.php/Elmo_350_SL_Macro_Sound The 100D cartridge has no filter notch so your camera will read it as either 40 or 160 depending on the width of the speed notch on the cartridge: http://www.super8wiki.com/index.php/Super_8_Cartridge_Notch_Ruler If the camera sees it as 160T you need to increase light through the lens by 2 stops and if it reads it as 40T you need to reduce light through the lens by 2/3 stop, in both cases by manually adjusting the exposure value.

Hi Robert Thanks for clearing that up. So Ian was correct then sorry Ian! It had never occurred to me that the TTL wasn't "coupled" with the internal filter. Of course it makes sense now and I've observed the internal filter on my ZMII and how close it is to the film plane. It's just as well I understand this now as I've just purchased an external 85 for my camera and now I won't be ruining my last few rolls of K40 due to incorrect ASA dial setting!

This has confused me. What's the purpose of the ASA dial other than to tell the camera how the TTL light metre should read? I've checked the Beaulieu manual and it says: Caution:For outdoor filming with "indoor" type film, the "daylight speed" should be set opposite the green dot. Example:For Kodachrome 11 type A film, set 25 ASA for outdoor filming (daylight). Does this mean the manual is incorrect? I've exposed 64T as 40ASA (as instructed) in daylight with 85 filter and results were fine.

I have a water resistant housing for my ZM2 thich I'm dying to use sometime near water for some action stuff.

would the Kowa 8-z/16H be suitable for a Beaulieu ZM2. it's thread is 62mm and if I'm not mistaken the Kowa thread is 52mm so I'd need to step up but would I lose anything in that big of a step up?

Thanks. You didn't mean the 66 end of the lens by any chance? I seem to have got the hang of it now alright but by using the focal length beyond the red macro line in combination with adjusting the macro slider.

I have a Schneider Kreuznach Ultra Wide Lens III with a Beaulieu 4008. Do I need to set the lens to macro? I've noticed when I do this everything is out of focus so I assume I don't use the macro setting and just leave the focal distance at infinity.

I'm interested if this hasn't been sold.

I didn't have an external filter so I cut a notch in the cartridge so that the internal filter could be used.....got me out of a hole.

I used the widescreen centre in London. They do negative transfers aswell although it doesn't specify whether they do real time or frame by frame transfers or what system they use, just that it's "professional grade" (grain of salt required perhaps). I should probably just get on to them and see what their opinion is. Thanks for all the feedback.

Yes I thought as much. I specified that they should transfer @25fps but it looks like they've transfered @18fps hence the slowness.

I would have thought that each frame would be captured individually by the telecine process so it didn't matter what fps the camera was running at (within reason)? Once each frame is captured they are all added together and in this case it seems added at 18fps to give a slowed down effect to what was originally shot at 25fps.

Hi I'm hoping I'm not repeating a previous post on here but I have what appears to be a frame rate problem with my super 8 footage I got transfered recently to mini-dv. I filmed the footage at 25fps (I'm sure of this) and indicated this to the people who tranfered it however the footage seems to me to be running slightly slower than it should. I notice this particularly on the footage of people walking...they don't seem to be walking in real time. I'm wondering was this footage mistakenly transfered @ 18fps? The AVI I've captured from the mini-dv tape is PAL 9I'm in Europe) and showing as 25fps but I assume that's not relevant as if it was mistakenly transfered @ 18fps it would still be seen as a PAL 25fps transfer because "filler" would be applied. Any opinions welcomed. I hope there is not a problem with my camera but it has only recently been serviced and the footage itself I'm very pleased with in terms of exposure and quality. Thanks!