SKI'N'FILM

I just got into film and just bought a Very cheap canon 518 auto zoom on ebay. Everything works on it , so I bought film and am waiting for it to arrive. In the meantime I planned a trip to go skiing and just wanted to know what to set the exposure at. When I go outside with the camera and have the exposure on AUTO it always gets overexposed, but when I switch it to MANUAL, I can get the meter to stay towards the middle. Does this mean that the film will be exposed correctly when shot in bright conditions like skiing. I orded Kodachrome 40, which is like an all purpose film I guess. Any advice would be great. Thanks

What I meant by not too complicated was the whole film cartridge going directly into the camera and then the camera doing the rest. I can only imagine the world of $hit i'm going to get into when I actually start filming. There's going to be alot messed up film cartridges laying around. All those buttons, with shutter and F-stop. Now I wish I payed more attention in Photography in highschool. Thanks again guys!

It all sounds pretty good and not to complicated. Hopefully I can round up some money to get a camera and some film, the camera I was prolly going to get on ebay because there's some good deals. But I was wondering if any of you guys knew if there was a website where I could order the film cartridges for the super 8mm like color, b&w, daytime, and the one that matt wells said would be good for the snow. Thanks -Jason

Hey all your info is helping alot!, I'm prolly going to get a super 8 eventually when I find the right deal. As of now I don't think I'll be selling my film so I would like to start out on the super 8 and work my way up in quality in the image. But I had another question, I imagine the same rule applies for the actual film as does it applies for regular b&w photography, that if you expose it to light it will be ruined. And I was reading on the super 8 cameras that you just pop in a cartridge of film and the camera does the rest for loading it? Am i correct? and then your ready to shoot.? Thanks alot -Jason

Hi, I'm really, really new to film, I've been using digi cameras for awhile and have been editing on FCP 4 with mini dv. I heard that film can be transferred to mini dv fairly easy if you have a studio near you that is capable of that. Anyway I wanted to get a camera either 8mm or 16mm real cheap. I'm on the cheapest budget cause I'm in college and always skip to go skiing. And I thought I might as well try to make a living out of skiing by filming it and editing some movies. The digital cameras I use don't even come close to the quality of film and to make it in todays world of ski movies you need to use some film. Like in Warren Miller film the film quality is awesome, I'm not hoping to get quality that good but I was hoping to at least know"it was shot on film" kinda effect. I was looking at these cameras on ebay any tips or suggestions would help so much: heres the 8mm camera's http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItem&item=3803552251&category=4691 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...1&category=4691 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...6&category=4691 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...3&category=4691 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...0&category=4691 here's the 16mm http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...8&category=4691 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...0&category=4691 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...5&category=4691 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...2&category=4691 These are the choices I had any suggestions would be great. I just wanted something to learn on and mess around on until I learned enough to spend alot on a camera. But I also wanted something where I could see the difference between film and dv. I'm sure that won't be a problem though no matter what i get. Also if anyone knows of any better deals or cheaper or if anyone is selling a film camera who reads this please email me at ATVEB@aol.com or just respond to this topic.. THANKS ALOT

Hi, I'm really, really new to film, I've been using digi cameras for awhile and have been editing on FCP 4 with mini dv. I heard that film can be transferred to mini dv fairly easy if you have a studio near you that is capable of that. Anyway I wanted to get a camera either 8mm or 16mm real cheap. I'm on the cheapest budget cause I'm in college and always skip to go skiing. And I thought I might as well try to make a living out of skiing by filming it and editing some movies. The digital cameras I use don't even come close to the quality of film and to make it in todays world of ski movies you need to use some film. Like in Warren Miller film the film quality is awesome, I'm not hoping to get quality that good but I was hoping to at least know"it was shot on film" kinda effect. I was looking at these cameras on ebay any tips or suggestions would help so much: heres the 8mm camera's http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItem&item=3803552251&category=4691 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...1&category=4691 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...6&category=4691 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...3&category=4691 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...0&category=4691 here's the 16mm http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...8&category=4691 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...0&category=4691 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...5&category=4691 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...2&category=4691 These are the choices I had any suggestions would be great. I just wanted something to learn on and mess around on until I learned enough to spend alot on a camera. But I also wanted something where I could see the difference between film and dv. I'm sure that won't be a problem though no matter what i get. Also if anyone knows of any better deals or cheaper or if anyone is selling a film camera who reads this please email me at ATVEB@aol.com or just respond to this topic.. THANKS ALOT