This just in. And just in time, I think. Before I run off and invest money that i don't have in building up a stock of 64T's (which was my plan), I was studious enough to read Super 8 man's article which states that:
"Interestingly, this also throws a whole new wrench into the valuation of old super 8 cameras. Those cameras that only allow 40 or 160 ASA tungsten readings (25 or 100 Daylight) are now only useable with B&W film stocks. Inserting a cartridge of E64 into one of these two-mode cameras will most likely result in one of two possibilities: an underexposure of 4/3rds of a stop due to the camera metering for 160ASA film loaded, or an overexposure of 2/3rds of a stop due to the camera metering for 40ASA. Either way, dark images or overexposed images are extremely bad when working with reversal film. “Thin” is often the term used to describe slides that have been overexposed in 35mm still photography. The same is true for movie footage. Expect to see your highlights washed out to the point of being pure white. Or, dark, constrasty muddy images when under exposed."
Yikes! So all along, all my "un-64t friendly" cameras can run B&W film (Tri-X)! This is sort of great news, because I`'m not really skilled enough to perform all those fixes or methods to compensate for the under/over exposures...Ok,so at least now I have a different perspective..whew.
Later!
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