Fernando Morales

Hola, José. For a good description of Canon cameras check http://tinyurl.com/2zw36x Definitely follow Rick's advice and get an external filter if your are shooting reveral tungsten film in daylight. They go cheap on eBay. Most of those old internals are worn out. Nowadays I shoot mostly b/w and E100D or Velvia refilled kaccemas outside, so no need for E64T ;) Hope this helps, Fernando.

Congratulations on your new camera. It's another one of my favorites and I use more. As long as if you don't mind too much about camera running noise when recording sound you'll be alright with it and will cover most of your super 8 needs. Regarding your question, if you are shooting interiors go definitelly with tri-x, it's been designed for that. I self process b/w at home with "old" chemistry, so I keep shooting plus-x 50ASA rated. It looks almost 16mm when shooting in daylight and with a good exposure. I've recently developed old tri-x shot at 320T (one stop pushed) and turned out pretty good. Remember that when you are not home processing, labs will charge you extra for pushing/pulling your film. Hope this helps, Fernando.

One of my favorites: Bauer C Royal with Bell & Howell Kowa anamorphic lens and time lapse mechanism:

Hi, Gary. Sorry if I'm late. Yes, I will post the wiring. Here's the circuit, it's pretty easy to put together. I'm not sure if it's copyrighted or not, so my apologies in advance to the author: There also some pictures fo the finished device: http://argellafilms.blogspot.com/ This is a blog I have that need serious update and an english version. On next post I will diagram conections and put more pictures. Hope to get some examples when I finish my DIY telecine. Matt has written a plugin to use it in post, but I haven't tried yet although I made some recordings. If you are interested, ask him kindly if you can have a copy and I'm sure he'll send it to you. Hope this helps, Fernando.

If you need perfect sync like shooting live music or for example you don't want to mess with post lip sync you can build a pilot tone generator plugged into the Canon's flash socket and send the signal to one channel of a minidisc recorder. This is what I've done so far and I'm pleased with the results. The only bug is to carry around all those cables while using a DIY steadycam as I did. Next time I would try a stereo recording with at least a 4 track cassette portastudio. Sometimes digital sound seems too "clean" for super 8 purposes. Hope this helps, Morales.

Here's the eBay link: http://tinyurl.com/yv42jc Thank you for looking. Good Luck! Fernando.

Hi to all! Super 8 is really cheap when you home process/transfer IMHO. Of course, you maybe develop 30m super 8 a day or 60m DS8 a day average using a Lomo tank, i.e. Plus, you can push process at will (great results pushing fomapan r100 to 400ASA). Takes more time though, but it's definitely worth it. Cheers, Morales

Hi, Scott: A good start would be this webpage: http://home.pacbell.net/mnyberg/super8mm/super8_39.html As a matter of fact, Mike's webpage was my first reference about anamorphic lenses. Right now Big zoom lenses tend to vignet more than smallers. Right now I am using a quarz S8 without the zoom lens, a Kowa for Bell & Howell 2x a-lens. The Quarz's small prime gives great compression! I tried also with a Quarz DS8-3 and having the same zoom lens, it works fine until you reach 15mm (remember that you can consider this 7.5mm in 2x). But the best for me is the Switar 12.5mm Bolex prime lens. Small lenses work fine with these kind of a-lenses (cheap and readily available through ebay), for your 1014xl-s, you should probably go for the Isco 54, which can give you 1.5x, but of course, is more expensive. I do have a 1014 too and I tried but vignetting started at 40mm, at least with the Kowa. Maybe another forumer has some experience with the Isco and can tell you more. For an a-lens list: http://super8wiki.com/index.php/Anamorphic...hic_attachments Hope this helps. Best regards, Morales

Hi! Nizos are very nice cameras, not as tough as canons though. Considering age, I suggest you go for a Canon 814AZ electronic (not the older one) if you are on a low budget. You can do some tests, see if it's what you were looking for and if you don't like it you didn't spend a lot plus you can save money for filmstock. Although sound film has been discontinued, sound cameras tend to be quieter than silent ones. Hope this helps, best regards, Morales

Hey, Matt No problem. I took it apart once trying to acomplished that. I messed around with the posts but I eneded up frustrated and decided to move on. Maybe someone with more knowlegde can do it. Anyway, I still think it is a great camera, reliable, nice images and ergonomic. Best regards, Morales

Super 8: Canon 1014XL-S Double super 8: Bolex H8 Rex DS8 converted If the Canon 814XLe has 24 fps, would be my ideal. Cheers! Morales

Great news for everybody! Though I have a Bolex H8 Rex DS8 camera and I love it, I would love to use a brand new DS8 camera! Perhaps this might boost somehow the release of more stocks. DS8 gives steadier images than S8. I've tested with both the Bolex and the Canon 1014XL-S. The Leicina Special might be better but I don't have one. What do you guys think? Best regards, Morales

Hi to all! Though I like Canons in general and I have a few models as well, in this case I would go for the Quarz. I got one and it's great, almost manual (except fo the auto aperture option), films at 24fps and TTL manual/auto lightmeter. Great for learning! The downside is doesn't have the low light shuter angle and the lightmeter uses mercury batteries. Anyway, I wouldn't think it twice. Hope this helps. Best regards, Morales

Hi, Jon I have this camera and the XL-E model. I think this can be considered the newer model rather than the XL-S, to me a different kind, the latter has sound in the beginning. I would love the XL-E with 24fps, like the AZ-E (the one you bought). Said this, I love this camera too, althogh the viewfinder is not as ergonomic as the later Canon models and ISN'T an XL camera. Will work in most of the situations. Is a very versatile unit (you can't do 9 or 12fps either). If you're using B/W, I recommend Tri-x stock for interiors. It's simply beautiful. If you want color reversal you have to stick with E64T until Kodak make us a Christmas present with E100D <_< The price you paid is OK, specially if you live in Europe. I bought mine from ebay Austria for ?18 and paid ?13 for shipping. The XLe I bought it from France for ?11 and ?15 shipping. But I got them in Spain, so it's a bit more expensive. It's a great camera for almost all purposes, to me, a filmmaker workhorse, as most of the canons around. By the way, PM me for the manual, I got it in word. Kind regards, Morales