Which Camera?

[Jerome Cain]

Mono, your already an expert because you know what to do and ought yourself a pride rea super8mm filmmaker. However, Danny! Ebay is harmless to buy however Canon 814 elec or xls still a cool camera so for 1014xls too even beaulieu unless you can afford a thousand so for my minolta 401xl still a cool camera liekwise i want to shot black and white and end up rather k40 because colors real like a wow!!! Be sure check a fine lens before you can get to shot with but night??? How can you shot at night? You must have light already because night real tough to shoot with and stay on the light meter for 1.4 or 1.8fps. As for camera with 18fps only which is regular motion if with 24 would be regular motion than with 18fps would be slow film speed that will have fast motion. I am from OKC myself but in austin, now. OKC is ahrd place to get a s8mm camera. About transfer s8mm to video in dvd format. i got a multiplexer lens telecine that I can transfer into dvd format. 200fts of s8mm into 3ccd sony minidv and duplcate dvd format would be 50 dollars plus ship. Danny, have you know about plus x and tri x B/W ? Jerome, deaf filmmaker

[PannyDeters]

No Jerome, I don't know anything. I'm completely new.

I bought a camera today. After searching (no exageration) 3 flea markets, 3 pawn shops, 8 antique stores, and 10 or so thrift stores, I finally found something that was both Super 8, and that looked decent.

It's a Canon Auto Zoom 318M. I put batteries in it and it works. Well, mostly. There is a dual-button on top that I assume is focus. It does nothing. But I can manually focus. Twice, the outer lens cover has sort of popped off on one side but I don't think the lens moves when it does. I just pop it back in place.

There is a slide-switch on the side labeled "Macro." What's that? There is a whole under the lens and to the right. It's threaded. What is it for? And there is a small black thing on top that I can spin with my fingers but that seems to do nothing.

It's amazing that I scoured all of OKC and only found 3 super 8 cams, 1 of which looked halfway decent.

-Danny

[Actor]

I think you can download the manual from http://8mm.filmshooting.com/

You can get some information from The Super8 List at http://www.kolumbus.fi/puistot/

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[woods01]

Well to scour your city and find a Canon of any
model is a good find! Macro is a setting for
extreme closeups, you can focus on stuff 1 or 2
feet away. The fact your auto zoom does not
work is a blessing. Since you are shooting
film you should not be wasting expensive film
waiting for an autofocus. Always manually focus
each shot for best results.

Since you are shooting at night do you have
access to some lighting gear? Film is not like
video and will need a lot of light to get
decent images. Tri-X is 200 ASA, the fastest
film stock available in S8 but unless you are
shooting on a well lit city street it may be too
dark. I shot at night in a warehouse using TriX
I rented 6 500 watt painters lights for it. I
got good images, although tr-x is a very contrasty
film. However I had a hand held light meter which
really saved my day. The internal light meter in
my camera would register in the low light but
the hand held meter showed that there was and I
exposed correctly.

I can't stress enough the importance of getting
a light meter for a night shot. Its worth it!
You might want to buy some 200 ASA b&w film
and shooting a few stills of your locations so
you will have an idea of how well the light
situation is.

John

[PannyDeters]

Thanks for the advice.

I have no lights.

My plan is to order 4 or 5 rolls of film, all different, and then just take notes on what I shoot. Shoot each film in day and night, indoor and out. That way I'll have a basic reference of what looks like what in what condition.

What's the price on video transfers? Do I have to pay that price for each roll of film or is there a "ten rolls per video" type of flat fee?

Thanks

-Danny

[Matt Pacini]

This question has been asked, and answered many, many times in the past.
Go back further than 20 days, you will see detailed lists by many people (including myself) about what cameras are the best ones to get, and why.

Matt

[PannyDeters]

Sorry about that.

And thank you.

I'll check those.

-Danny

[Jerome Cain]

I can offer my service transfer 4 s8mm reels into dvd format for 50 dollars. Depend how fast ship you want to send. Jerome (be sure, use light meter that you may have to make a note for the push 1 or 2 stop for the process purposely)