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Topic: Need quick help on (new) Ektachrome E64, super 8mm
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Winbert Hutahaean
Film God
Posts: 5468
From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted April 04, 2008 01:00 AM
Hi Steve
Thanks for the reply. I have visited the link given, but..... :-( as I am not that tech guy, I got confused.
Can I ask a very simple question? My camera has an automatic exposure, so I think it is better to be set at manual position.
Now, for outdoor takes how do I set the exposure, into minimum or maximum? (ranges 0 - 10)?
Secondly, comparing with K40, for E64 in indoor takes, do we need more light to get a brighter results?
Thanks and I need a quick answer as as my parents will bring the exposed films to US as they are travelling soon.
cheers,
-------------------- Winbert
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Jim Carlile
Film Handler
Posts: 95
From: Burbank, California, USA
Registered: Apr 2007
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posted April 06, 2008 03:11 AM
Do those Bauers have filter pins?
Any 160 camera will read either Tri-X or Plus-X, sometimes both, at least one of them. So no S8 camera is completely worthless. The worst that would happen too is that a camera could only read ASA 40, which means it would overexpose 64T by about 2/3 stop, which is still acceptable.
If there's no filter pin, the Bauer will read Tri-X at a straight ASA 160, which is how Kodak rates the film anyway. If there's a filter pin, and the camera is SMPTE compliant, it will read a speed-notched ASA 160 film as ASA 100-- which is how Plus-X is set up by Kodak. That same SMPTE camera will read Tri-X at the ASA 100 as well... this means that SMPTE cameras with a limit of 160 will only read Plus-X "correctly," non-SMPTE cameras with the same ASA limitation will only read Tri-X correctly.
Not sure what's going on with the Bauers-- I suspect they are off a bit-- 1/2 to 2/3 of a stop on both films, which is still OK. All super 8 cameras are always going to be about a half stop off on Tri-X, because it is rated at a non-standard ASA 200 but metered at ASA 160-- there's no ASA 200 speed indice for super 8 cameras.
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