Alina Postula

AH! I kind of foolishly assumed that it was a fixed aperture... This has been very helpful! I suppose I will just shoot, cross my fingers, hope for the best, and also shoot digital as back-up/kind of b-roll to cut to (it's a music video so I feel I can get away with that...MUAHAHA!) just one more question: Do you know if it meters continuously or just when the shutter-release button(? not sure if it's still called that on a movie camera....) is initially pressed? Thanks Again!

Hello, I am shooting a short film on a Bauer C2 M super 8 camera that I inherited. There is very little control on the camera and I am using available light. I am shooting in the middle of a forest (daytime) and am not set up to bring lots of lights and a generator, so there is very little I can do about the exposure. I would however like to meter to see how off I am (that way I can either ask the lab to push it if need be, or give up and just shoot this project in digital). The little info I can dig up on the camera seems to say that the lens has a set aperture at 1.8. But there is a switch for "sunny" or "cloudy." So my questions are as follows: 1)If it is a set aperture what does the switch do? put on and remove a ND filter ??? Or is the info on the aperture wrong? 2)What is the shutter angle so I can figure out the shutter speed...or what is the shutter speed! 3)Any other suggestions for lighting/ metering/ etc. Thanks!

I made a poor filmstock choice when shooting a short film. I used 500T realizing that it would be grainy but I didn't realize HOW grainy it would be. The worst part is that it's colored noise in the transfer. I was wondering if there is a) a way to minimize the grain ( or at least the perception of it) and B) if there is a way to make it not so colored (like noise ninja for video). Thank you for any help you can provide...

I am going to be doing a stop motion animation on a bolex (rex 5 I believe). I was told that I should either get a motor or set it to 12 fps and meter for a 1/40th of a sec shutter speed? But I'm a little unclear on it if anyone could clarify this for me it would be great. thank you.