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Patrickdeh

A few months ago i started with a Super 8 project.
After a long period of research and camera hunting i ended up with a Minolta XL 440 sound.
Wich was not compatible with the koda ektachrome 100D.
After some google-ing i came up with this site: http://www.super8camera.com/cameras.php
It shows all the camera's wich can still be used today with the ektachrome 100D.

The first camera i bought was a Canon 514. Wich at first hand seemed to work just fine.
But when i started the actual shooting the tape got stuck from time to time. During the shoot i also noticed that the camera recording speed was slowing down from time to time. First i thought that was the way to auto light balence the tape. But when reviewing the images it just slowed down, increasing the play speed.

Because i knew the camera was getting stuck from time to time i decided to buy another camera. This time i found the Canon 814XL. This camera was perfect! I didnt had to sync the recording speed with the sound.

In the next video you see both shots from the 514 and the 814. The shots made with the 814 can be recognised by the bar at the top of the film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk0lGg7wecY

The telecine was a bit rough. As you can see in the movie i had some problems with the correct frame rate. My cam shoots at 30fps (not adjustable) and the projector at 18fps. I have to try some new techniques to digitalise the images.

Here is a shot of my projection settings: http://yfrog.com/h4i9fzwj and http://yfrog.com/h6netzqj
 
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That looks really awesome. :cool:

I'm not familiar with that Minolta model at all, but on many cameras it's quite easy to make adjustments for newer filmstocks that are not automatically recognised by notches.

What are you recording your sound with? And how are you syncing it up?

During the shoot i also noticed that the camera recording speed was slowing down from time to time. First i thought that was the way to auto light balence the tape.
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Probably just need to have the camera cleaned.
 
Zensteve said:
That looks really awesome. :cool:

I'm not familiar with that Minolta model at all, but on many cameras it's quite easy to make adjustments for newer filmstocks that are not automatically recognised by notches.

What are you recording your sound with? And how are you syncing it up?
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Thanks for the compliment :cool:

I found it easier to just buy a new cam ;)

I am recording the sound with my HD cam. I sync the images with Magix video deluxe 15 premium. Its quite easy because the super 8 cam is so loud, you can hear when it starts and stops.
But the problem was that during the shoot the S8 cam started at normal speed but during the take it sometimes lost some speed. Thats why not all the shots are in sync.
 
Patrickdeh said:
the problem was that during the shoot the S8 cam started at normal speed but during the take it sometimes lost some speed. Thats why not all the shots are in sync.
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You can get a crystal-sync motor to correct that - costs a bit, though.

Zoom-zoom! Those cars look like fun.
 
This looks great!

This was the first thing I watched today, so nice to see film, starts the day off right. Got me all fired up to shoot some film. Thanks!
 
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