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Hi guys! I recently bought an Arri 16 BL EQ and am wondering about the mode switch you can see in the image, which is for making "quick changes between sound speed and non-sync speed" as the manual says. But it doesn't say which is which. The switch has three possible positions. It can be parallel to the body, one step to the right and even more to the right (in an almost 90 degrees angle to the body). Does anyone of you know which of these possibilities are for synch-speed? My goal is to be able to record audio digitally independently with an external recording device and to then line it up with the image. Thank you already!

Hi guys! I recently bought an Arri 16 BL EQ and am wondering about the mode switch you can see in the image, which is for making "quick changes between sound speed and non-sync speed" as the manual says. But it doesn't say which is which. The switch has three possible positions. It can be parallel to the body, one step to the right and even more to the right (in an almost 90 degrees angle to the body). Does anyone of you know which of these possibilities are for synch-speed? My goal is to be able to record audio digitally independently with an external recording device and to then line it up with the image. Thank you already!

Hello to everyone here, Im altogether new to cinematography. I like taking photographs on 35mm film, which is why I thought starting out with super 8 may be a good idea. I have already read a lot on the web and here on the forum, but I still have several questions. I suppose the best way to learn this process of making a movie will be to try and look at the results. Is there a good book or something about filming on super 8 that would be worth reading? At the moment Im recording my first cassette in my Bauer A512 which is nice and fun. Only the eyecup is missing. Has anybody an idea to find (or make) a replacement part? Another question before I start with my topic as such, is it better to avoid using the internal daylight filter even with tungsten film (using an external filter instead) as they have aged and might affect the picture quality? How to record sound during filming? This seems to be the most complicated issue to me. Is this quite cumbersome to do this? I just want to be able to record sound automatically when I press the shutter and to stop recording when I stop filming. It needs to be portable and something affordable. Does this sync speed issue really matter considering I would be filming only short takes of less than 30 seconds? What equipment other than a microphone would I need? Thank you Immanuel Germany