Matthias Dautel

Thanks, yeah - I´m on my way ;-) Think I can expose one film next week- then let it develop and scan somewhere (is this still possible...?) and we will see. @ Nicholas - fantastic footage, very different from what I hope to achieve- but who knows. I like the "no shutter" look definitely. @ Dom - yes I think it will be around 1/150s- maybe near to 1/200s... I need a very sunny day :-) If the objekt is moving with the same speed ( really fast...) it is perfect- if it is moving slower it will deform and get very wide- maybe also nice.

Thanks for your answers. Maybe I´m totally wrong :( - but maybe it is possible. I opend the revue super 8 camera yesterday. There is the transportingsystem and a half circle out of thin metall, covering the light to go to the film while it is moving and opens up, when the one picture is exposing for a fraction of a second. Now I tried to change the position of the half circle for 180 Degrees- now the lightpath is open, when the film is in transport and closed, when the film is not moving. So- when I now mask the gate down to a slit ( 90 degrees to the direction the film is moving), should every single frame get exposed through the slit while the film is moving past the slit. Then no exposure while the film is not movin and then the next frame ...Of course I have to hold the camera also 90 degrees rotatet... Shoud be a row of individual "slitscan" pictures- but of course I don´t know if this produces somethin in playback? Any idea about this ...? Or Am I on the very wrong way ;-) @ Dom The effect I want to achiev is that moving action is vissible and all the not moving thing are only smears- like in the photo... and yes- it is art ;-)

So, I´m new to Super 8 and want to modify my old camera ( a Revue CX 300). As I understood is the film moving while the aperture is closed, then it opens up, exposes and closes again and moves to the next Picture. What I want to do is to modify the camera, that the aperture is open, while the film moves and closes when the film stops. There is also an small slit directly in front of the film- In Photography you get pictures like this when you move ( with a handcrank) the film behind a small slit : http://www.cy-dee.com/index.php?/ongoing/slitscan/ Anyone an idea, if this is possible to do with a super 8 cmaera? thanks a lot! Cy