Jamie Frazer Noakes

It really depends on the camera, but also the situation and what mic you use eh Bill? A highly direcional rifle mic positioned away from the camera with dialgoue recorded out in the open is usually good - but in a small room with reverb is another story.

You can find sound film on eBay quite often - I even sold some just the other day! It is possible to get the film processed too - either by Frank Bruinsma at The Super 8 Reversal Lab in Holland - or by his colleagues at Film Rescue International in Canada. You need to be careful when exposing the filmstock as it will be old and dependant on the storage history you will need to overexpose it by 1 or 2 stops and perhaps only shoot it good light! I have shot 20 year old film and had near perfect results.

In Europe in 1974 the only domestic home video cassette system was the Philips VCR N1500 which cost a fortune and the tapes cost the equivalent of £100 in today's money EACH for 45 minutes! There was a video camera that was produced for use with this - but again it was very expensive for the average consumer. Otherwise you had Sony UMatic and Shibaden which were aimed more at the corporate / professional user. So Super 8 sound was the cheaper alternative for the home movie maker and even student film makers. Video did not become a force to be reckoned with until the late 1970's when prices started to come down - even then you had to have a seperate camera nd video deck - heavy gear to cart around when a light and compact single system sound camera was available. It wasn't until about 1982/1983 that video had taken a larger part of the home movie making market. I have shot super 8 sound film with various sound super 8 cameras and it is possible to get rid of the camera noise - you just need to know what you are doing.

Pushing reversal film is not advisable unless you have seen the results and are happy with them. As I understand it, the Beaulieu cameras are good in low light even with f1,8 beinmg the widest aperture. Here is a film shot on a 5008 with Ekatchrome 64T in low light - look at the later scenes outdoors - I think they only had hand held lights - but not really sure. https://vimeo.com/1471613 However I am not that experienced with using Beaulieu cameras myself, but Tri-X is good for medium low light situations and not very good in real low light situations. I agree that you shoudl do some tests - some pushed and some with LED portalamps and see what results you get and see if YOU are happy with the results.

I shoot with a Canon 1014XL-S that has a widened gate and get a full res 16:9 scan - so the very minor crop is done during the scan and therefore I get an effective full 16:9 resolution transfer - the grain is veru slightly englarged but the improved resolution helps to detract from that!

Hi, I have 10 rolls of Ektachrome 100D that are surplus to my film project. I would keep them for myself, but I have a few rolls left for my own personal use and think it is wrong to hoard film. These 10 rolls could be perfect for someone elses film project! The stock was purchased fresh from Kodak in December 2012 - and has been kept frozen since. As you know this is discontinued stock - there is now no colour reversal stock available from Kodak - and these are going for high prices on eBay, HOWEVER I am not greedy like some of those eBay sellers, and therefore I am open to reasonable offers. I accept payment by paypal or bank transfer. Postage / shipping costs to your area are negotiable - but I will only ship registered. Please drop me a PM if you are interested. Thanks, Jamie.

I honestly can't remember without checking the camera myself, and I can't do that as I don't have the camera anymore (it died). They only way to tell will be to shoot your test roll! You probably already know, but 500D will be overexposed by 2.25 f-stops by the camera with the filter switch set to "bulb". You will need to take your reading using the auto aperture and then compensate by dialling down at least 2 f-stops. Hope this helps.

As far as I know, Andec are the only lab to offer this - but I could be wrong!

Hi Bengt, yes I did see that! It is Andec, Murat has confirmed this. It is still pricey thought when you work it out - around 600 SEK per roll!

I just had the gate widened - the optics were not re-alligned - however it is quite easy to compose your shots - the middle is just off centre to the right. If you want details of where I got it done, please PM me! Thanks! ;)

Don't worry, l've shot loads with this camea already and the vignetting at the wide angle is minimal. A great camera and lens combo for a widened date! ;)

I am looking forward to the Agfa 200 stock from Wittner!

It is £55 plus £4.70 shipping for 4 rolls - this is a good price - it equates to £16 per roll - not bad considering Kodak's price hike from 1st January 2013!

Well, it is £55 plus £4.70 postage for 4 rolls - so that works out at £16 per roll - not that bad considering Kodak nearly doubled all the list prices from 1st January 2013!

Well, I will use these 4 rolls as test rolls and shoot a roll behind 4 different lenses - and one of those will be a Canon 1014xl-swith a widened gate! ;)

Thanks! £55 is for 4 rolls of film - so it is not that more expensive.

Is that Farenheit? Otherwise, just wondering why you would need to wait until the outside temp is above 10 degrees Celcius! It won't be above 10 degrees C here in my part of Sweden until late April! ;)

Well, this is exciting - it is finally here! Just bought 4 rolls of Vision 3 50D from Super 8 Seller on eBay! http://www.ebay.co.u...=item2ec5e3963d Looking forward to shoot these and see the results! I think I will shoot a roll in 4 different cameras! ;) Jamie

Great to see you here too! Sent you a PM!

I've always used a B+W 67mm UV without any issues, however the step up ring or the Coking set up might be a better option.

On the models made from 1976-79 the lens thread was 62mm The lens was updated from 79/80 onwards and has a lens thread of 67mm The later models have the 'Braun' insignia under the lens barrel. Some 79 models did not have the insignia. Hope this helps

Hi Niall! Thanks! I shot this with my Canon 814xl-s. How is it going with your camera?

It looks so much better projected - everyone tells me I should have used some fill on the face - I have to disagree - did you see the still I uploaded from the projected image? I love the way it looks I this is the way I wanted it to look. However the transfer I used added contrast and lost some of the brightness from the face. So in the case of shooting for particular transfer, then yes I would have needed some fill!

Hi Will! Well, when I shot the film, the idea was for it to projected, but then some of the venues are to big for even my projector - so I wanted a HD transfer. Yes quite possibly - but even with Fuji 64T I had lots of exposure to play with - I was nowhere near wide open here. And I needed to shoot reversal as the original intention was for projection. I could have used 100D but I chose 64T. Please see the attached photo - it is a still taken from the projected image - and compare it with the shots in the clip at 0' 19''. I love what is going on in the projected image - just not the way it looks on the transfer. I think perhaps that the lens on the transfer system adds too much contrast. The guy who did the transfer did the best he could with his set up. According to Wittner Fuji 64T can be underexposed (rated at 100asa) and still give a great image.