Filmshooting

The only B&W Anger film I can think of is fireworks. Not my favourite as it is basically Kenneth Anger getting beaten up by sailor boys, but it does have it's moments! ;) I don't think they were reffering to Kenneth Anger sorry. :( Ah, I believe you're right about Anger and B&W. If I recall...

FWIW, the only time I use a UV filter is if it's raining or I'm at the beach and the wind is blowing sand around. Should add that I only shoot b&w film...

This afternoon I picked up a catalogue of the company Re:voir , that sells copies of experimental films on videocassette. Where did you get a catalogue BTW? I think it would be nice to have a catalogue as I tend to find the website is a bit broken and hard to use. I picked it up at The Film Gallery...

This afternoon I picked up a catalogue of the company Re:voir , that sells copies of experimental films on videocassette. Inside there's a note explaining why they favor videotape over DVDs. Here are a couple of the comments: "MPEG compression was developed for natural and predictable motion; i...

audadvnc wrote: But keep in mind that in camera lightmeters also compensate for light losses due to the reflex viewing optics, so if you use a separate lightmeter you'll probably neet to derate the reading about 1/2 to 1 stop to get the same exposure on film you mentioned this to me as well in the ...

This won't be a problem with primes in longer focal lengths? It shouldn't, though the longer primes get, the "slower" they tend to become, meaning their maximum aperture is smaller (f/2.8, f/4, etc.). Fast long primes would tend to be big and heavy, due to the large, light-gathering front...

I generally agree with Guy. Obviously I use an external meter for my 16mm work... Are you able to do so because you're working with primes, Evan? Do any of the light-eating properties of Super 8 cams also effect 16mm cams (can't imagine they wouldn't, where the 16mm cams have zooms and reflex viewi...

Ah, sorry about that!

FWIW, I've used lightmeters for years with still photography, and hoped to continue to do so when I started shooting Super 8. The problem, as a couple people have mentioned, is that the reading given by an external meter has to be adjusted to compensate for the light lost in the camera's zoom lens, ...

teadub , is that film available anywhere online? I followed the link you posted in the other thread and I think it was to the filmshooting ftp--no longer available. The response you got to the film was amazing. I'd love to check it out, not just for the cam demo but it sounds like something really ...

idrawthings wrote:oh yeah, my bad. i was thinking of a truly manual way to set to aperture.

Wouldn't that mod allow you to do just that?

idrawthings wrote:mitch, any ideas on manually setting the asa?

Go here. That mod is explained on the Super 8 Wiki.

I don't mean to hijack the thread, and add this only as an aside, but the other night I attended a projection of three Brakhage 16mm silent films, then a super 8 silent film by Philippe Cote. Well, the 16mm projector sounded like a projector and could be heard throughout the hall. When the super 8 f...

Copied the following from a site selling B+W filters: B+W Filter 52mm 502 Grad ND 4X This B+W Neutral Density Filter reduces the light by two f-stops (log density 0.6), and it is the most pop-ular ND filter in photographic work. In case you'd like to visit the site (which I found by Googling 4x Neut...

I personally like Heliopan, which are right up there with B+W in quality. They are excellent filters, and all use a thin brass mount (read: no vignetting with wideangles). The downside is they can be difficult to find.