Gary Gregerson Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Hello I'm going to try this film stock for the first time using a Beaulieu 1008xl in an interior setting that may be tricky for me to light properly. I'm wondering if I can get the lighting to f4.5, would that generally be a decent exposure? This is a great forum, by the way...I really appreciate how much people are willing to share information. Thanks Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Bill DiPietra Posted November 10, 2014 Premium Member Share Posted November 10, 2014 (edited) Hello I'm going to try this film stock for the first time using a Beaulieu 1008xl in an interior setting that may be tricky for me to light properly. I'm wondering if I can get the lighting to f4.5, would that generally be a decent exposure? This is a great forum, by the way...I really appreciate how much people are willing to share information. Thanks Gary Speaking as someone who is literally in the middle of shooting interiors on 16mm 500T (we just wrapped for the day a few hours ago,) 7219 has nice latitude. However, I've been rating the film at 2K because I want a grainy look, and I've been getting readings ranging from 2.8 to 5.6 with the low-light interiors I've been doing. But I'm not sure how that would translate on the Super-8 stock. What kind of lighting set-up are we talking about? Edited November 10, 2014 by Bill DiPietra 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Bao Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Remember,that Super-8 is a very small format so the DOF is pretty large, what is the reason to light for F4.5 specifically? Here is a still of 500T shot wide open at night/late magic hour,it is def a wonderful stock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Gregerson Posted November 11, 2014 Author Share Posted November 11, 2014 I'm using a light kit from my cable access station! They're tungsten, I'm not sure what size or wattage... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Bill DiPietra Posted November 11, 2014 Premium Member Share Posted November 11, 2014 I'm using a light kit from my cable access station! They're tungsten, I'm not sure what size or wattage... They're probably fresnels or open-faced lights. You should be able to get a decent stop between the film's ASA & the lights. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Gregerson Posted November 14, 2014 Author Share Posted November 14, 2014 Yes they are fresnels! Yeah I was hoping that amount of light would be sufficient...the last time I shot indoors was with Tri-X reversal and it was a little underexposed...thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Bill DiPietra Posted November 14, 2014 Premium Member Share Posted November 14, 2014 As long as you have enough light it's all about carefully metering your subjects at that point. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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