Color neg or color reversal?

kylekmd

kylekmd

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I'm new to film stock--

I just picked up a NIZO super8 cam, mint condition, and want to shoot some footage. My workflow will be telecine to digital intermediate for FCP editing, so is there a specific type of film stock I should buy?

Color neg., color rev.?

Kodak Vision2 500T, 200T, ektachrome 64T?

FUJI?

Sorry for the dumb question.

The kodak website descriptions just confused me more.

Kyle
 
The lower the ASA (500/200/64) the more light you will need but the less grainy it will be. Negative is less grainy than reversal, and less contrasty, and has more latitude. Both telecine to tape equally well. The Vision 2 stocks are Kodak's latest and have the greatest latitude and least grain.
 
"Both telecine to tape equally well"

i have always found NEG is the better transfer ... you can pull much more info out of a NEG then reversal .. telecine can't pull all the blacks ( end up with lot of noise/grain) or the whites ( because they are burned out) on Reversal ...

for short projects i prefer the "reversal " look for film projection .. but on telecine they just can't pull out the detail in dark area's of reversal - i have tried HD tele & 2k scans on reversal ...
 
The reversal is significantly more difficult to expose properly and exhibits less latitude than the negative stocks.

At ISO 64, you're really limited to daylight shooting.

From a practical standpoint, especially if you're looking for a Super8 look, nothing will give you that '70s home movie look from a color-rendition standpoint like reversal will.

The breathy 18-fps cadence will be there no matter what stock you use - even on crystal 24 frame cameras. The pulldown and gate movements are comparatively sloppy (to 16mm and 35mm) on even the best Beauleiu lump.

I'd opt for the 200T or 500T stocks. I've not shot Vision2 in Super8, but imagine it might yield good results if someone is splitting and repacking it.

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I really like the Vision 200T for outdoors when you have both shade and sunlight in the shot. If you have minimal light for indoors, the 500T looks fine and the 200T will give a finer grain as long as you have more light.

For less grain, the Fuji Velvia is a terrific stock. Kodak has the Ektachrome 100D reversal that is phenomenal but it isn't available in Super-8, yet.
 
Hi there,

Just a quick question somewhat related to the original post - where did you plan to do the telecine?

I'm planning to shoot a few tests and a music video on regular/double 8mm, and while I only have reversal stock to choose from when it comes to both b&w and colour, I'd like to telecine it if possible. Most places that do super 8 seem to do regular 8 as well, so I'm hoping that's the case with the lab of your choice.
 
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