Super8: The Complete Demo Reel

This is a remastered version of my two Super-8 test reels posted elsewhere. I will be removing both of themvery soon. Hopefully this new version will show more of the quality of the original MiniDV file.

As before, here's the sordid details:

Camera Used: Canon 514XL-S
FIlm Stocks (in order of appearance): Kodak Vision2 200T, Pro8mm 8/45 (Eastman EXR 7245), Wittnerchome 100D (Ektachrome 100D 7285) and Kodak Ektachrome 64T 7820

The transfer was done at Spectra Film and VIdeo in North Hollywood, Ca.

This will be the first of many demo reels to come I still have almost a half hour of various Super-8 and 16mm from my trip to Los Angeles last August that I haven't transferred yet.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• super8mm
• pro8mm
• vision2
• spectrafilmandvideo

[TerryCraig23]

Could you tell me the films you used at 1:38 and at 1:53 please?

[cubdukat]

@TerryCraig23 Both were Kodak Vision2 200T @ ISO 160.

[PARRAVISION]

no 85 filter so its showing all the blues

[cubdukat]

@PARRAVISION Actually, the E100D didn't need a filter, and I used an external 85B for all of the stocks that needed a filter for daylight.

[cubdukat]

@cubdukat BTW, I found out what the E100D's propensity towards bluishness was about. I just discovered that the camera I was using underexposes E100D a little. I'll be shooting some of the Kodak-branded E100D soon in a camera that can expose it properly. I suspect that both the blue tint and the saturation will go down. I'm also going to do a side-by-side with E100D and E64T. E64T's improved a lot since its introduction, but I won't quite miss it when it's gone.

[cubdukat]

@leighu Yep, I did shoot this in Evanston, but I didn't go to NU.

[leighu]

You shot this in Evanston, IL circa 2005, didn't you? Did you go to Northwestern? I think I probably know you.

[KEAUQ]

I love the footage and the way it's shot nice one ! you've inspired me to buy a super8 whcih i just have (canon zoom 518 super 8 cine cam.

canon cine projr s.400

canon c.8 tele converter 1.6x. lens.) owner had for over 30 years and they're in mint condition, obviously I have no idea what I'm doing but I guess film is the first step, did the reel+minidvconversion/developm­ent costs etc cost alot ?

[cubdukat]

I'll keep that in mind for later reels. I actually did have a version where I put what was what, but I couldn't find the master tape.

E64T was the last film in the clip, so what you were probably looking at was the Wittnerchrome E100D, and I did notice a slight lean towards blue. I haven't shot any since then, so I don't know whether that's its normal look or not, but I suspect it isn't.

[monaco74]

Thank you for doing this. It gives a good side by side comparison. It would help though if you would label which time section coresponds to which film in your description. Is it me, or does Ektachrome 64T make blues seem too blue?