Dylan Gonzalez

Thanks guys. I really appreciate the help. I guess this means that I don't have to worry about it either way, so I will just leave it on tungsten-balance as per the film stock guidelines. And thanks for the shooting tip, Matt. I've been reading about shooting on film and trying to learn more about proper exposure for film, film stock, film speed, etc, etc, since I've never done it before and don't know anything about it. The 514 XL-S has an EE Lock, so its probably going to make adjusting exposure (when I need to) all the more difficult.

I have never used a Super-8 camera (or film camera in general) before, but I ended up buying a Canon 514 XL-S with the case for $20 at a garage sale. I want to test it out to make sure it works and then, assuming it does, shoot a few projects on it and experiment with shooting on film. I've purchased one cartridge of Ektachrome 100D to experiment with, and it's currently zip-locked in my fridge. I've been reading up on film cameras, film stock, and Super-8 in general. However, the one thing which I cannot figure out is what setting my camera should be switched to when dealing with daylight-balanced film. This question has already been asked on this forum a couple times, but it got conflicting answers and it left me a bit confused. The Ektachrome case itself says that you should set your camera to tungsten balance and that the cartridge will disable the internal filter. I'm wondering if this is correct. I'd appreciate any help on the matter.