Type G film?

[DigitalAnalog]

I recently purchased a GAF camera, but it requires "Type G" Super 8 film. It seems that the available films out there are all "Type A" films. What is one to do?

Tony Whaley

[gaspode]

I thought 'Type-A' only refered to it being Tungsten balanced?

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[Hanthx]

Type G film is the old Ektachrome, no worries mate, your camera should still either take kodachrome and ektachrome plus the black and white.

Scott

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[MovieStuff]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Courier, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by gaspode:
I thought 'Type-A' only refered to it being Tungsten balanced?
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Type A refers to film balanced for 3400K light. Type B would be film balanced for 3200K light. Type G is a crappy experiment that Kodak stuck us with since the 70's as it isn't really balanced for anything in particular and was supposed to work in all kinds of lighting conditions. I guess it worked as planned since it sucks just as much in daylight as it does in tungsten!

Roger

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Roger Evans
MovieStuff
http://www.afterimagephoto.tv/moviestuff.html

[DigitalAnalog]

Thank you all for the answers! I work with video primarily, so Super 8mm is a new adventure for me. I really appreciate it!

Tony Whaley

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