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BetterSense · 06-03-2009, 11:30 AM

UPDATE

I just got my roll back from the lab. I ruined the middle 1/3 of the final reel because of a blunder when flipping the spools over. Otherwise, it came out fine. My "first guess" calculated exposures were fine (maybe just a tad overexposed) and my 1-stop brackets were worse...1 stop over was pretty bad, but 1 stop under was watchable. I was surprised at how viewable was footage shot at what must have been -3 or more stops, such as during the footage-burn after a roll change. I have to try to use that footage for real next time! It wasn't very fogged after a couple feet. I also have to remember that in low light, I might want to shoot even if i have to underexpose.

My Brownie 500 projector is hopelessly bad. The top reel hub falls off intermittently, the auto-feed doesn't really, and i have to keep my finger against the feed roll or it will backlash. Image quality was surprisingly good. I have to say I was surprised, especially after seeing how tiny the exposures were on the film. Detail and motion both surprised me.

I bought a Baia viewer-editor that says on the box it can be used for both regular-8 and super-8, but I could not get it to work with this film. I couldn't get the film to run on the sprocket, nor get the spools to line up. I guess I will have to sell it and try to find another one. I did ebay a 8mm splicer. At least with that I can cut out the ruined middle of the film even without a viewer.

My other option would be to shoot super-8, so I could use this viewer-editor...I have a super-8 camera but it seems really low quality. I think I will keep using my Eumig; I like how it has manual controls. I watched a small-guage film made from the '70s at my church, and every time a light fixture entered the frame, the auto-iris stopped down hopelessly dark (The instruction manual for this Eumig camera actually suggests using a sheet of newsprint to take an average light reading for indoor shooting). Quality seems very good. There was one time, where it looked like there was some focus wobble going on, but I suppose it's hard to say if it was the camera or the projector (the camera has fixed focus).

06-03-2009, 11:30 AM	#8 (permalink)
BetterSense Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 1,582	UPDATE I just got my roll back from the lab. I ruined the middle 1/3 of the final reel because of a blunder when flipping the spools over. Otherwise, it came out fine. My "first guess" calculated exposures were fine (maybe just a tad overexposed) and my 1-stop brackets were worse...1 stop over was pretty bad, but 1 stop under was watchable. I was surprised at how viewable was footage shot at what must have been -3 or more stops, such as during the footage-burn after a roll change. I have to try to use that footage for real next time! It wasn't very fogged after a couple feet. I also have to remember that in low light, I might want to shoot even if i have to underexpose. My Brownie 500 projector is hopelessly bad. The top reel hub falls off intermittently, the auto-feed doesn't really, and i have to keep my finger against the feed roll or it will backlash. Image quality was surprisingly good. I have to say I was surprised, especially after seeing how tiny the exposures were on the film. Detail and motion both surprised me. I bought a Baia viewer-editor that says on the box it can be used for both regular-8 and super-8, but I could not get it to work with this film. I couldn't get the film to run on the sprocket, nor get the spools to line up. I guess I will have to sell it and try to find another one. I did ebay a 8mm splicer. At least with that I can cut out the ruined middle of the film even without a viewer. My other option would be to shoot super-8, so I could use this viewer-editor...I have a super-8 camera but it seems really low quality. I think I will keep using my Eumig; I like how it has manual controls. I watched a small-guage film made from the '70s at my church, and every time a light fixture entered the frame, the auto-iris stopped down hopelessly dark (The instruction manual for this Eumig camera actually suggests using a sheet of newsprint to take an average light reading for indoor shooting). Quality seems very good. There was one time, where it looked like there was some focus wobble going on, but I suppose it's hard to say if it was the camera or the projector (the camera has fixed focus). __________________ f/22 and be there.