Charles Doran

great work!

You have some great shots there, Tony! What camera -- 1014XLS? Excellent transfer.

Haven't posted here in a while...my short film, "Westsider" is now available on amazon.com as a DVD-R. Westsider was shot using the following film stocks: Spectra's Velvia 50; K40; 7240; Kodak 64T; a one-off batch of Velvia 64T; 100D; Vision 2 200 T and 500T; and an old roll of 160G I found in an ebay camera. This dvd contains both short and long versions of "Westsider"; my first film (also shot on super-8), "Ennui", actor's auditions; behind the scenes slideshow; trailer; plus behind the scenes video of the shooting of one scene... Westsider on amazon

If you aren't happy with the Velvia 50D you can always get the 100D from Spectra (and I think Pro 8mm as well)...

Personally, I would only shoot with manual override. Having an external light meter was a great help. If you need a good camera with an intervolometer keep a lookout for the Minolta 401 - it comes up on e-bay all the time. Got mind for around $50USD.

I used mine for some footage on a narrative short I made as well as bringing it to SE Asia for some vacation footage. It's a good little camera with an adequate lens and is probably the cheapest camera out there with an intervalometer. Here is a page of film clips I put together -- the second one from the left is footage entirely shot with the Minolta 401 ("kodachrome 40 clip"). http://www.westsiderfilm.com/clips.html good luck on your shoot!

Not sure about Walmart, but Dwayne's in Parsons, Kansas will process your 64T and do a transfer. Not too much as I recall. A good, not-too-expensive transfer is the Transfer Station (or Film and Video Transfer) located in Reseda. They have one-light transfers for not too much as I recall.

I credited Spectra for film processing and telecine - added their logo as well. Also listed each film stock but not sure if that was really necessary.

Has anyone done any "pro" transfers with S8 sound film? I have several rolls in the fridge and I'm tired of looking at them so I'm going to make a short film this summer but I don't want to do a home transfer. Anyone try any of the S8 telecine houses for sound footage?

Pretty sure this topic has been covered here. Do a search.

Hello, any of you folks in the downtown LA area tomorrow night -- Westsider is going to be screening at the Downtown Independent theater (formerly ImaginAsian) at 6:00 PM as part of the new Zero Film Festival. More info here: www.zerofilmfest.com Check it out! www.westsiderfilm.com

My super-8 short, "Westsider" will be making it's LA premiere at the Echo Park Film Center this Saturday, 11/15, 8:00 PM along with several other short films (5 of them originating on S8) with Los Angeles as a focus. More info: Echo Park Screening It's also screening in the UK at the Salford Film Festival the following Saturday, 11/22: Salford S8

I think it's a great idea. I'm up for attending whether it's London or LA... Aside from the talks maybe one idea would be to showcase films people shot in S8 -- maybe a separate screening room or monitors or something...just an idea...

Best bet is to talk with Doug or Jerry at Spectra directly.

This is what I was thinking of: Super-8 Today ISSUE #4 (MAY/JUNE 2006) Ektachrome 64T Lab Test - Results of 7 different labs that were each sent a cartridge of E-64T are examined