Gabriel Kellett

Thanks Martin, that pretty much confirms what I suspected, that it would at least be an impractical combination. Nevertheless, since the scene I'm shooting would be very early in the day, in a location with a fair bit of shade, and the weather here has been unseasonably (?) gloomy lately, I may still shoot a test roll with the Argus and see how it turns out. Therefore, I have a couple of other follow-up questions: 1) Is there any particular (reasonably inexpensive if possible) light meter you would recommend for this purpose? 2) The filter switch on this camera is labelled 'in' and 'out' - presumably 'in' means it's set for tungsten? Many thanks again :)

Hello everyone, I'm a fledging director currently working on my first short, which will have one scene shot on Super 8. I have a friend who is lending me an Argus 802, but on looking up its specifications here I see that under 'film speed' it says "auto for 25/40 ASA only (tungsten/daylight)". Apologies if this is a really stupid question, but does this mean that it won't take Ektachrome 100D (which is the stock I'd be using) and is therefore basically obsolete? I'm hoping I can also get a Braun Nizo (don't know exact model yet) off someone else, should I pin my hopes on that instead? Also, I'm planning to shoot a test reel in different light conditions and so on; this will be mostly in daylight, but probably a little indoors as well. Do you think the inbuilt filters on either of those cameras would work OK for moving from daylight to tungsten, or will I need an external filter? Many thanks for your help, Gabriel