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Sam Dent
Junior
Posts: 3
From: London, UK
Registered: Mar 2018

posted March 10, 2018 09:23 AM

Hello!
I am interested in starting to use super 8......therefore I have some questions
1) which out of reversal and negative is the best for having scanned so I can use it on a computer
2) are both reversal and negative in color when developed
3)do u have to shoot one full cartridge as soon as you start to film, can u film something then come back and film something else on the same cartridge?

Many thanks

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Maurice Leakey
Film God

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From: Bristol. United Kingdom
Registered: Oct 2007

posted March 10, 2018 10:40 AM

Sam
I regret that I can't answer your first question.
Regarding films after developing, both reversal and negative will be in colour, although, of course, the negative will have reversed colours.
You can run and stop as often as you like with the one cartridge.

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Winbert Hutahaean
Film God

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From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003

posted March 10, 2018 03:21 PM

For question number three, I even remember there was a special tool, where you can stop shooting, take the cartridge out. Rewind a bit and do another shoot.

This gives a chance to make overlap pictures (for scenes changing).

Cheers

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

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From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted March 10, 2018 03:36 PM

You can remove a cartridge partway through and put it back later. I've done this a few times to switch between black & white and color.

If you do the swaps and store the removed cartridge in the dark, you'll probably loose no more than one frame. If you do the same thing in normal light, you'll lose less than half a second where the film is exposed in the cartridge window.

-either way...

The catch is when you take a cartridge out, the footage counter resets to the beginning: you need to note the footage before you take it out and do some math in your head after you put it back and continue to shoot.

[ March 10, 2018, 06:05 PM: Message edited by: Steve Klare ]

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Winbert Hutahaean
Film God

Posts: 5468
From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003

posted March 10, 2018 07:59 PM

As to warning from Steve on his last para...since you are new to 8mm shooting, you probably don't know the sound of a cartridge has finished or still has film stock inside.

This because when the film has reached the end, the camera will still have the turning noise and some people think they shoot something but didn't get anything when have the cart developed.

I never found camera that able to totally stop when a cart is totally exposed.

The key is you need to distinguish the noise difference between new cart and the one has totally exposed (finished). The later will habe the turning noise very light as opposed to the new cart which is heavier.

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

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From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted March 10, 2018 08:38 PM

Yes, when the film is moving there is a "rumble"...

-kinda like West Side Story!

There is a notch in the film at the very end which some cameras can read and put an indicator in the viewfinder.

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