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http://members.aol.com/Super8mm/JohnSchwind2.html still offers non processed paid ds8 k40, try also http://wittner-kinotechnik.de/ hope this helps you. Andy

the four nizo 4000 series cameras and one intergral 5 i have purchased all suffered with the belt problem, i took a look inside the 4056 and 4080, changing the belt looked to difficult to change, best left to a pro. Tried to change the belt in the int 5, ended up wrecking the camera. imo the belt problem is a deal breaker, its a job a repairer will have to undertake, added exspense

Hi, cannot comment on the nikon R8, auto exp requires those 1.35v cell i think. Imi, avoid any nizo sound cameras, unless they come with a full warranty, nizo sound cams have a belt that drives the core or claw, can't remember which, the belt stretches over time, resulting in no claw/core operation. With your budget, look out for that zeiss camera, spend any remaining cash on film stock. Since around 1970ish Bolex super 8 cameras are rebadged eumigs model i think. Not sure which bolex/eumigs if any, can read all the filmstocks speeds in auto mode correctly. Also given your budget either look for a canon 814xls, or perhaps a canon 814xle, i believe the 814xle can read film speeds from 25-400 asa. It you require a very quiet running camera then opt for a fully warranted nizo 4080,6080 etc. What filmstock do you plan to use? Do you require a camera with good slo motion?

Hi, cannot comment on the nikon R8, auto exp requires those 1.35v cell i think. Imi, avoid any nizo sound cameras, unless they come with a full warranty, nizo sound cams have a belt that drives the core or claw, can't remember which, the belt stretches over time, resulting in no claw/core operation. With your budget, look out for that zeiss camera, spend any remaining cash on film stock. Since around 1970ish Bolex super 8 cameras are rebadged eumigs model i think. Not sure which bolex/eumigs if any, can read all the filmstocks speeds in auto mode correctly. Also given your budget either look for a canon 814xls, or perhaps a canon 814xle, i believe the 814xle can read film speeds from 25-400 asa. May be worth you posting this question in the super 8 forum.

Hi, cameras that i recommend in the super 8 format are. Beaulieu 6008 and 7008, leicina special, look out for a primitive looking zeiss moviflex MS8 the camera is fitted with a 9-36 lens, often sell cheap on ebay but the lens is very,very sharp.. Canon 814/1014xls are good and reliable cameras but the optics are not good in low lite, image goes soft. People often rave about the nikon R10, be carefull i know the auto exposure is totally unrepairable if it fails. Basically you need a camera that can read all film speeds from say 25 to 400/500 asa, and a camera with a decent auto exposure as someday auto exp could be of immense use. Whats you budget for a camera?

Hi, filmed a wedding last Saturday on super 8 kodachrome using a beaulieu 7008, previous wedding shoots have been mainly on super 8, two on 16mm. First, super 8 will give you a more 'once upon a time' look, super 8 is quicker to load, with a descent camera and using auto iris you should get more footage in the can compared to 16mm. For the saturated look and light permitting shoot kodachrome 40, 64t is a bit too grainy. Know your camera inside out before the big day. If you've never filmed a wedding, try and film one before hand. When i shot my sisters wedding i opted for 16mm k25, found that i waisted a lot of time reloading the camera, then holding back on certain scenes with the fear of running out of film. If you decide the 16mm route is for you, then the camera has to be the SR2 with pre-loaded mags. Again, lite permitting use 16mm k40, but make sure you know the stock inside out before the day and how it handles different lighting situations. If you are in the USA 16mm k40 is still available. If your final masterpeice is destined for dvd, then shoot neg, reversal stock is unforgiving if you mess up on the exposure. Knowing what i know now, i would not shoot a wedding with a single bolex camera, you will waiste too much time reloading. If you have access to two cameras and a loader then the bolex is a great choice. Also, this year will probably be your last chance to record some home movies on fade proof kodachrome.

Hi, can only assume you use that screw for mounting a lamp of some kind. You should get very sharp images with the 9-36 lens, if you can, try a roll of k40, you will be amazed how good k40 can be. The camera should also be able to read 64t. The plunger underneath the film gate is the automatic daylite/tungsten selector. Providing the daylite balanced filmstock cartridge is correctly notched, this will automatically cancel the inbuilt 85 filter. One more thing i noticed about this camera, like the leicina special and most beaulieu cameras that have inbulit 85 filters. When cancelling the 85 filter with the filter key, the 85 filter is swung out of the optical path, at the same time the 85 is replaced with a clear filter. One can only assume this is to obtain the correct back focus, perhaps this is why the zeiss along with leicina and beaulieu obtain far sharper images when wide open than any other camera i have ever used. Andy

Hi, which lens is fitted to your zeiss, 9-36, if so, filter size is a B56 bayonet type that mounts on the front of the lens. The two zeiss cameras i have here do have the in built 85 filter, depending on the cartridge notching, on the zeiss the filter will automatically swing out the way if a daylite balanced film is inserted into the camera. If you require to manually remove the in bulit 85 filter you insert a filter key into the top of the camera, is there a slot on the top of your camera?????? If you do have a slot on the top of the camera but no filter key send me a PM, i have a spare key here i can ship to you. Andy ps may also have a spare lens hood, need to check my toybox first

Hi, i agree with Olly, sharpest and steadiest footage, leicina special with 10mm macro cinegon lens, though current reversal colour reversal stocks excluding fuji 50, aint the greatest stocks in the world to blow your fellow colleages away with.( 64t is grainy may t/k ok but crap for projecting, 100d is grain free but not as sharp as the old k40). Finding a leicina may prove difficult, especially in mint condition. My vote is still a beaulieu, look for one with the 6-80 lens, get it serviced. Forget the 1014xls.

Hi, 1014xls is a great run and gun camera, optics are good in sunny weather, image goes soft in low light, never managed to get any sharp footage from my 1014xls in grubby f1.4-f3.5 lite. I have owned 3 canon 1014xls over the years along with my rarely used 814xls, all were/are soft in low lite. Canon is a reliable camera, auto exp is good. Beaulieu 4008 range of cameras have a 1/87th sec shutter at 24fps, imo the images looked to stroby, prefer the 6008 and 7008 range instead. Providing you get a beaulieu that lens is properly adjusted/set up to the camera body, you will get much sharper images, especially in low lite compared with the canon. Best lenses for the 6008/7008 are 6-70, 6-66 and 6-80, cannot comment on the 6-90. The 6-66 is said to be the sharpest zoom made for the super 8 format. Angeniuex 6-80 is an amazing peice of glass, aperature is measured in T stops. Dont overlook the 5008 range of cameras, these often go for less cash than the 6008/7008. I recommend beaulieu 5008,6008,7008 and not the 1014xls

just require a slightly less grainer reversal filmstock now!!!!!

Kodak offer 5 professional films!! Amazing that 3 of the so called pro films will fade quicker than the amateur stock they replaced, and in the case of the reversal stock you get double the grain. Why is 64t regarded as a pro stock?

Hi, invest in a fully working model, or buy another camera if $250.00 is your budget. Auto iris is usefull and one day you may require it. Also, manual exp of most super 8 cams imo is fiddly, except for the beaulieus and leicina special. Why doesn't the auto iris work on that nikon? cam dropped?, has someone mess around inside the cam? Have read that the R10 auto exp is unrepairable. Andy

Hello, just had a route thru my toybox, found the mount i purchased around 2000/01 from optex. Anyway the mount was for a zeiss T3 f2.8 10-100 T* lens. The mount converted the lens from arri-b to arri standard for use on my arri-m. The bayonet mount unscrews on the T3 and is replaced with the said standard mount. This work can be done by you, i chose to have arri-gb do the work, that way i knew the back focus would be ok. I found the T3 to be a lot sharper than the 12-120 ( 12-120 was on an R16 ), especially wide open. Zeiss T2 is even better, amazing sharpness, but arri-b only. If you decide to go down the zeiss T3 route ( i think my lens dated from the early 80s ) and you require a mount, let me know. I sold the arri-m, and T3 but not before having the lens converted back to arri-b.

Hi, i have been offered a beaulieu 5008 multispeed, camera is like new, runs superbly well, everything is perfect, except the footage counter gets stuck after 25ft!!!!!. What is a reasonable offer i can make for the camera?. If i dont pursue the purchase, i believe the camera will be taken to a car boot sale!!! Widow is trying to sell off all her late husbands cine and video equipment. I dont wish to offer penuts for the camera, but one has to be realistic. So any advice would be welcome. BTW, if you know your projectors theres an elmo GS 1200, great condition, but noisy and erattic on the film speeds, again what do i offer?

Received back from processing today ( Andec ) a roll of 64t, latest batch from kodak uk. Images are miles ahead of anything i have so far shot with 64t. I wonder if i did get early pre-production cartridges before! Anyway, used a straight 85 on the angenieux 6-80 as the lens has a slightly warm cast, images were spot of for colour balance, sharpness very good. I am now reasonably impressed with the film, however, the grain still puts me off this film, and it still lacks the kodachrome bite. But i am still very pleased with the results, if only kodak could release the 64D version of the film, that should reduce the grain.

Hi, hard question, i have owned all the cameras you are interested in. Canon 814/1014xls sits better on a tripod, 4008 is great hand held but stinks on a tripod, i found that using a 4008 on extreme telephoto and pulling focus i got wobble due to the small c-mount, basically big lens on a small mount. I did not like the 4008 1/87 shutter speed, moving images look a bit strobie (imo). Even a completely serviced 4008, auto aperature cannot be relied upon, always tended to under expose. Those are the pitfulls i found with the 4008, now providing the lens is properly adjusted to the camera, you will get much better images than with canon glass, i know others will disagree. You can use a 4008 with the lens wide open and get sharp images, i have never achieved this with 3x canon 1014xls and 2x 814xls. The canon has a great auto exposure and is probably the best run and gun camera around, canon are very reliable. My 1014xls were sold, i swore by them for nearly 20 years, i thought theyre were the best optically ( even though the sharpness was poor in low light), that was until i messed with the 4008, once i saw an increase in image quality the 4008 was traded for a 6008 and 7008. sorry to bore you!!!! my vote would be the 814xls, or a 6008s not a 4008. Andy

Hi, sadly your camera will not expose kodaks new ektachrome 64t ( kodachrome replacement filmstock ) correctly in auto mode. Your results will be overexposed unless your manually expose each seen, which is not easy on the 514xls. Your best option is the new velvia 50 asa filmstock, Spectra are selling an all in one package. All you need to do is load the camera with velvia and slide the switch to artificial lite mode. The fuji film is reported to have much finer grain than 64t.

Hi, just placed an order for a few rolls of super 8 and 16mm cinevia, after 21 years of loyality towards kodak i've gone green. Just hope kodak see's the lite, ditches the 64t and brings out a descent super 8 reversal stock.

Hi, a few years back i shot my sisters wedding on a scoopic 16ms and r16 on k25. I found the 100ft loads a real problem, i was either missing shots due to the constant reloading of the camera or being economical with the odd shot in fear of running out of film midway thru a sequence. Given my time again, I would now use an SR with a supply of loaded mags. The SR of course is a lot quieter than a bolex, so you should get closer in on the candid shots. K25 gave stunning results when the sun came out, it struggled in the heavily shaded tree surrounded church, especially in between the dark rain clouds. Given my time again, i would still shoot kodachrome, provided it was wall to wall sunshine. If a cloudy bright day, would opt for 100d reversal (I like to project and not t/k the film). As you only get one chance at a wedding, the neg route has to be favourite, the neg route for me would be 7201 or 7205. Make sure you know the camera inside out before the big day, and take a back up one with you. Good Luck.

Thanks S8 Booster for the images and reply. Took delivery of more 64t direct from kodak backend of last week, that was before i got back more dissapointing results. Anyway after seeing your colourfull images have just exposed yet another test roll, this time thru the 7008 with 6-80. One thing i did notice, the foil wrapping within the 64t box is now white, pretty sure my last 5 cartridges of 64t came with yellow foil wrapping. I wonder is i got sent pre-production cartridges??? Posting film to Andec shortly. Hopefully this batch may yeild better images. (not holding my breath though) Andy

Hi, all my footage is projected via schnieder f1.1 11-30 projection lenses, 64t may t/k ok, but k40 wins on a projected screen. Say, am i the only one who projects film?

Hi, i sort of agree with regarding k40 not being clear and sharp, have found super 8 k40 images to look the best thru the angenieux 6-80 lens, or a 10mm cinegon fitted to the leicina. Super 8 and 16mm k40 images when compared to k25 do look as though they were shot thru a net curtain. I agree that k40 is not the sharpest film in the world, but even k40 images are miles ahead of 64t. It really is too grainy to give a clear image. Have exposed 64t thru canon 814xls, leicina special, beaulieu 6008s and the zeiss so far, on all occasions the k40 images were a lot better. As i've said before, even my old e160 images are streets ahead of the 64t. Andy

If you like grain then go for the 64t, otherwise take Mikes advice and use some velvia or perhaps some 100d. Further 64t results received back show less grain than Dwaynes processing. However, it still looks like the old agfa moviechrome 160 stock i used back in 1982. imo it is very poor film compared to k40. I have now given 64t a fair trial, it may be ok for t/k ing, but for direct projection its awfull. Images dont seem to be as clear as k40, images look like they've been shoot thru a net curtain. kODAK, PLEASE BRING OUT 100D IN SUPER 8.

Hi, look at the date of the post, think you'll find Matt got wed last July.