Harald Vonhoegen

The Nizo 561 macro can adjust to the film speed of ISO 100/21° exactly. The position of the filter switch (on = sun, off = lightbulb) is automatically taken into account - no correction needed in both cases. Lightbulb position is required for E100D.

4 hours ago, Arnaud Lin said:

Hello,

 

I have a Schneider ULW III for my Leicina's Optivaron 6-66.

If I set the ring to M (macro) I get a very blurred vision in the viewfinder. 

I have done tests where I shot with the ULW attachment with the ring set to normal (infinity) and the result was very blurry.

Has this happened to anyone before? @Volker Bendt Have you got footage of what you shot with the ULW on your Optivaron?

 

Thanks,

Arnaud
 

 

Hallo Arnaud,

I don't have the manual for the Schneider/Nizo UWL III, but I've got the manual for the UWL I. As far as I know, the UWL I is for smaller lenses (E49 + E52), but there is no difference to the UWL III concerning the optical effect. May be the same procedure is needed for both accessories.

Did you already adjust the settings as described in the manual attached?

Best regards

Harald Vonhoegen

Schneider-Nizo-UWL-I_Manual__D-E-F.pdf

The camera will expose the Kodak Vision 3 50D negative film stock as ISO 40/17°. The difference (1°)  to the real film speed (ISO 50/18°) is not more than 1/3 f-stop. This daviation should be no problem.

Kodak Vision 3 200T (ISO 200/24°) will be exposed as ISO 160/23°. A difference of 1° = 1/3 f-stop again and also no problem.

Problematic deviation with Kodak Vision 500T: Exposed as ISO 160/23°, the difference to ISO 500/28° is 5° = 1 2/3 f-stop!

1. Super 8-cameras like the Agfa Movexoom 10 have a beam splitter. Shares of the light passing the lenses always get deflected to the viewfinder and to the exposure meter by this beam splitter. These shares are therefore not available for the exposure of the film. The internal exposure system of the camera is adjusted accordingly. An external handheld lightmeter does not take this light loss into account, so you get a difference.

2. The Agfa Movexoom 10 reads the film speed automatically, but it can read and adjust only 2 values: ISO 40/17° and ISO 160/23°. Ektachrome 7294 is ISO 100/21°, so the exposure system works on a wrong basis: ISO 160/23° instead of ISO 100/21°. You get an underexposure of 2/3 f-stop.

Solution: The Movexoom 10 offers backlight compensation. It is the +-Position of the switch-on-off button, to be used instead of the A-Position. The backlight compensation works with + 2/3 f-stop. Using the backlight compensation you have  an precise compensation for the wrong ISO-setting.

Backlight compensation can nevertheless be made by the manual aperture setting und aperture fixing button.

Hope this helps. Best regards

Harald

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To supply the camera with power the batteries can be placed into the Leicinia remote control unit "Leicina ST 1" (Steuergerät 1) instead of into the camera.

Disadvantage: this device is not cheap - not at all.

Advantage: the Leicina ST 1 offers various additional options such as remote control, time lapse, single-frame electronic flash synchronisation and lip-synchronized sound.

13 hours ago, Robert Houllahan said:

There are so many S8mm cameras it is hard to really get a scope.

I have a few nikon R10 cameras which are fantastic. I also have some small cheap S8 cameras which are also great.

 

Nikon R 10 is said to be great and one of the best Super 8-Cams ever built (I never owned one myself), but it's high end, not mid-range.

May be the Canon Autozoom 814 ( all metal and mechanic, but heavy - but not as heavy as the Nikon R 10!) or its successor, the Canon Autozoom 814 Electronic (more electronics, not so heavy but more facilities ) better match the description given by Alessandro Malfatti? Both cameras offer manual exposure. The lenses are great.

Leicina Super RT 1 (+2, +1, -0,5 and -1 stop) or Leicina Super (+1, +05, -0,5 and -1 stop). Both Cameras have aperture lock and are by far less expensive than the Leicina Special.

Television used to show cinema movies shot on 24 fps with 25 fps having no problem with sound or images. So the difference doesn't really matter.

Advantages of the Nizo Pro in comparison with the Nizo 801 macro:

1. The Schneider Macro Variogon lens 1,8/7-80 mm of the Nizo Pro is multicoated.

2. The Nizo Pro is equipped with a pilot tone generator for lip-sync sound with a separate recorder.

3. The Nizo Pro unlike the 801macro does NOT need extra lightmeter batteries (PX625).

Disadvantages of the Nizo Pro:

Parts of the Nizo Pro (behind the release button) are so narrow and difficult constructed, that it is very problematic to do repairs there.

Best regards

Harald