Basically the problem is that I can't seem to turn it on. The person who sold this to me on eBay said he used to shoot some nice footage "some years ago". Dunno, maybe I'm missing something..oh well. Updates soon.
Later!
Friday, January 15, 2010
Eumig trouble
I had (and still have, I guess) high hopes for this camera, being one of the few models that can correctly meter 64T. Its a Eumig Viennette 8
Basically the problem is that I can't seem to turn it on. The person who sold this to me on eBay said he used to shoot some nice footage "some years ago". Dunno, maybe I'm missing something..oh well. Updates soon.
Later!
Basically the problem is that I can't seem to turn it on. The person who sold this to me on eBay said he used to shoot some nice footage "some years ago". Dunno, maybe I'm missing something..oh well. Updates soon.
Later!
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Made in the USSR
I got two packages in the mail yesterday. One is the Zenit Qvarz 1x8c-2 Super 8 camera. It was sort of another "accident" on eBay, but its a nice camera nonetheless. It doesn't require batteries for the film transport (spring-loaded,neat!), but requires two 1.3 mercury button cells for the light meters. As these batteries no longer exist, I bought two replacement batteries for it. More details in future posts.
Monday, January 11, 2010
more 64T goodness
Got the 2 Ektachrome 64T from blue cine tech UK today. Cool. Now I have 3 cartridges. I think thats enough for now. Now I have to stock up on the Tri-Xs,now that I am "enlightened" (see previous post). On another note, my mom went back home to Manila today (sigh). Maybe a bit of sadness will be good for some cine inspiration...
Later!
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Me = Stupid (or at least Ignorant)
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!
l
"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!
l
Friday, January 8, 2010
Bauer Compact III XL
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This is another Bauer, a compact 3 XL. Its very clean and works great. A nice little compact camera indeed. It came with its leather mini-bag, which was also in good condition.
specifications:
Year: 1982-1983
Lens: Bauer Neovaron 1,3 / 8,5 - 25,5 mm
Ultra-light
Auto / Manual Zoom
Auto Exposure
XL shutter for low light condition
Frame rates: 18, 40 (other sources say 32fps instead of 40fps!)
Backlight Control
Fades
Run lock
No sound
Manufactured by Chinon Japan
2 x 1.5V AA batteries (no separate batt for light meter)
Unfortunately, comments from super8wiki aren't optimistic ("There is only one pin for measuring the film's sensitivity; I suspect it can only understand 40 and 160 ASA"). But who knows, maybe I'll be able to find a fix and shoot with this thing.
Later!
Unfortunately, comments from super8wiki aren't optimistic ("There is only one pin for measuring the film's sensitivity; I suspect it can only understand 40 and 160 ASA"). But who knows, maybe I'll be able to find a fix and shoot with this thing.
Later!
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