to bright

[deadjoe]

im new to super 8, ive only shot one cartridge and most of it was really bright, overexposed?
obviously it was because there was too much light going in, how can i fix that? i was so excited about getting the reel back and it sucked, it was good just to see the film flapping round when it had gone through the projector though!!!
worth the terrible filming.
please help, because i cant afford to waste money on blinding film!!!!!!!

[Hanthx]

Hello Dead Joe

Did you set your exposure to automatic or did you set your exosure (f stops) manually?

Scott
By the way, what camera are you using?

[deadjoe]

thanks for the replies, i have an argus/cosina model 708.
the shutter speed is on 24 f/s
thats about it really, there is nothing else about it.

deadjoe

[Alex]

Joe, your description of your first time was very funny.

24 refers more to the frames per second than to the shutter speed.

I don't know the camera well...however, there may be some type of "f" stop indicator that dictates how much light is being let into
the camera.

-Alex

[deadjoe]

thanks again
there are no other bits on my camera, i bought it from an ad in a paper for 15 pounds so it is a cheapo,is there any way to stop all the light, some of the footage came out good, one shot of some seals at the zoo and one shot of the back of a boat came out excellent!!

[cameraguy]

I played with one of these cameras recently. It definitely needs a button battery for the auto lightmeter. It has manual control too, but still you need the battery to use it. I remember it going in the left side. If no battery is in place the aperture stays wide open which will result in everything being overexposed.

[deadjoe]

that sounds like the solution, THANKS ALOT, yee haa, everyone here knows alot about old cameras.
ronnie

[Alex]

Rather than call them "old" cameras, call them vintage cameras of high distinction that create 24 individually wrapped canvases of celluoid dimensionality in the time it takes you to inhale.

And by all means, inhale.

Alex

[mattias]

stop down or use an nd filter? :-)

if you used an internal light meter, see if it's set to the right film speed and on the whole working correctly. it's common that bad light meter batteries cause overexposure in automatic mode for example.

[mattias]

hehe, "film speed" is the emulsion's light sensitivity, asa/iso 40, 100, 200 or whatever.