S-8mm. camera

[Alessandro Machi]

Scot sent me a DVD copy (PAL) of his super8 film "In My Image" and it's not bad. Some of the footage looks like it could pass for 16mm. Yes he did use a Beaulieu 4008zm.

You can tell he received quite a few bad cartridges because of the jitter. Too bad Kodak has not addressed this problem. Unfortunately you don't you get a bad cartridge until you view your footage and then it's too late.....

Jeff

The issue has actually been researched. Lubrication injection into the cartridge molding and other lubriation techniques have been developed to decrease jitter issues.

Fuji Velvia is an excellent alternative to Kodachrome 40, as is Kodak Ektachrome 100D. Plus there are great negative stocks and black and white reversal stocks.
Ektachrome 64T is a unique stock as well, not a real replacement to Kodachrome 40 but a film stock that does reproduce colors accurately.

 

[Scotness]

The Film Group will crystal sync the Canon 1014 XL-S and 814 XL-S. I own both of these cameras and they not only provide great imagery, but are very durable and require little maintenance. I don't keep up with the pricing on these cams, but I did happen to see an 814 XL-S sell on ebay a week or two ago for around $650. I bought mine new in 1981 for $599US.

The Beaulieus I've had were always troublesome- something on them was always falling apart. Great cams if you can keep them together. Scot McPhie shot a Super 8 feature with K40 using (I believe) a Beaulieu. The fact that he did it on a small gauge camera with reversal film is proof that it doesn't take a $150K 35mm cam to capture good imagery for home viewing. He did tell me that he shot a lot of film at f/2.8, however, but that was because he was shooting reversal stock, not as a result of light failing to reach the film plane. I haven't been to his site (www.mango-a-gogo.com) recently, but he had a nice "making of" the film that provided a lot of insight on the use of Super 8 cams and K40 (which has now been discontinued and soon to be replaced with Kodak's new 64T). Some examples of the 64T filmstock can be found on filmshooting.com.

Tom Ballard

Hi guys just digging this up from a long time a go - but I've decided to put that entire film In My Image on youtube - all one and a half hours - 99% Super 8mm Kodachrome k40

See it at:
http://www.youtube.com/user/MangoaGoGoProds

If you even want to you could be the first to write a review on it's IMDB page!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2319546/

Scot