Rachael Tyrell

thanks. I will let you know how it goes.

Ideally I'd just go and buy a camera wth an interval timer, but part of me remains steadfastly d i y. i want a frame rate of around 3 fps and figured it was possible to open the camera up and insert a potentiometer between the batteries and the motor in order so slow it down. I have a sacrificial camera (a Sankyo CME 880 which I bought to scavenge a replacement lens for my existing CME 880) and figured it was worth a go; Any advice greatly received.

Hello. I'm also new here too. I'm a fine artist, from London but living in Belgium. Providence has supplied me with a very nice Sankyo CME 880 for 10 euros, and now I'm really keen to put it to use. I'm struggling just a little with exposure settngs, which I intuitively grasped for 35mm still photography but super 8 is a slightly different ball game... not so easy to go hmmm I'll try f. 5.6 at 125th ...etc etc I have a cartridge of Wittnerchrome 200d to check out the camera, which films at 18 fps. I'm certain the CME is working fine, so it should automatically expose ok, although it will / should work fully manually. I prefer setting my own f stops which I always did with 35 mm still photography so....I want to do this with Super 8 too I'm looking to film a local factory building and want to shoot in early evening or morning in semi darkness, the factory is partially lit, and the surroundings are bright, but not city mainstreet bright Will the 200 asa Wittner (Agfa) cope with this, as I figure at 18 fps the shutter speed will be 1/ 32 sec? Because of the costs I intend to project and telecine myself (done it before), so I'm limited to future usage of revesal film, and I can't afford to have prints made or go for colour negative/ telecin, so I know this puts Kodak Vision stock out of reach. I really like that classic Grainy Derek Jarman type super 8 feel.That's what I'm after I'd be grateful for any advice