advice
Below is some general advice on how to achieve the best results from super 8. Provided are links to help choose your stock, find processing labs and also some other online sites to help get the answers you need to get started.
SHOOTING
To improve results with your transfer, shoot a few frames of a grey card, a white card and if possible, a macbeth colour chart at the head of each roll/scene change.
When shooting colour reversal film it is critical that you have a filter in place when shooting outdoors. Reversal film does not have very much latitude and once a scene is shot with incorrect filtration much of the colour information is lost forever. We can correct this problem, but only up to a certain point. If the scene is too blue or too orange, there may not be enough colour information to neutralize the colour balance.
STOCKS
Below is a listing of Super 8 stocks currently available. Also listed are some characteristics of each stock and some general shooting advice/ tips on which stock to choose. To save money buy film directly from KODAK : 1-800-621-FILM (3456)
Kodak Stocks PDF- Click here to download to current Kodak Stocks PDF
Super 8 Stocks-click here to help figure out what stock to shoot
A 50' reel of Super 8 has approx 3600 frames.
@ 24 fps runtime is: 2:30
@ 18 fps runtime is: 3:20
Shooting at 24fps will give you smoother playback, and will be easier to convert if blowing up to 16mm or 35mm. 24fps is the standard shooting speed for filmmaking today.
TORONTO PROCESSING
Niagra Custom Lab
Colour Negative (Vision) & cross-process of Ektachrome, Tri-X, Plus-X
Exclusive Film and Video
Tri-x, Plus-x and Ektachrome 7280 (64T)
Qualex via drop off at Pharma-Plus
K40 processing
ONLINE INFO
onsuper8.org
Great resource for links and super 8 related information
filmshooting | com
Excellent resource for filmmaking. Visit the forum for a huge wealth of information
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