DanC1 Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Hi, thought I'd share my recent experiment with you guys. What do you reckon? Worthwhile or stick to digital? Ian Edward Weir and Rudolf 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanC1 Posted July 15, 2017 Author Share Posted July 15, 2017 Hi thanks for the reply. no I sent it off for processing. Yeah I was thinking if I was to do it again it would have to be mainly close up and medium shots. I'm using a movezoom 10 MOS with a sankor 16C so it vingnettes quite badly on anything but full zoom. The camera is great though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanC1 Posted July 15, 2017 Author Share Posted July 15, 2017 Why is super 8 so cheap in Japan? Can you recommend a way to be more spot on with the focussing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Stick to super 8 like me Your Movexoom is a good camera. Most of the cameras are ridicolously cheap but stock and processing is so so expensive. I think its not cheap in Japan either. Single 8 was very popular there btw and is maybe better than super8. The problem with super 8 and anamorphic is that 2x stretch is too wide. The film is just too tiny and too grainy. The grain look oval. Thats why all those Iscos, Mollers (for 8mm) had only 1,5 factor. Only the Baby Hypergonar with 1,75 was wider. So you could achieve true 2:35 cinemascope. But the image was too bad. Try to use Kodak 50D negative stock that has so little grain like 16mm and will work best with your 2x Sankor. Keep on filming ! DanC1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanC1 Posted July 21, 2017 Author Share Posted July 21, 2017 Thanks Rudolf, I'll definitely try 50D next. One of the main problems I'm having is vignetting at anything other than full zoom. Which makes it really difficult to handhold. I wonder if there's a solution to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanC1 Posted July 23, 2017 Author Share Posted July 23, 2017 On 21/07/2017 at 11:04 PM, whoisjsd said: Unfortunately, other than getting the anamorphic closer to the lens glass, the only way to get rid of the vignette is to get a bigger and/or shorter anamorphic. The Sankor is really long (I actually have one sitting on my desk right now) and the glass elements aren't that big. You'd have to get your hands on one of the 8mm anamorphics or one of the larger 16mm anamorphics. Thanks, do you guys have any recommendations for larger 8mm or 16mm anamorphics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Of course the mighty Iscorama 54 is the best bet for Super 8. It was built for that purpose. Works great with the high quality Schneider zooms you could find on many different Super 8 cameras especially the better ones (Leicina, Braun, Beaulieu, Movexzoom, Fujica ZC, Nikon, Canon). But this is quite expensive. I have another suggestion but I am not sure if this will work (I sold my Sankor 16F about 6 years ago...): The tiny and cheap Canon 310 XL-S is a great camera and has a very small zoom lens. This could reduce vignetting significantly. This could be a cheap alternative. Good luck! DanC1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanC1 Posted July 23, 2017 Author Share Posted July 23, 2017 Thanks Rudolf, that's a great idea. Just stuck a bid on one! In some ways sticking extra 'glass' in front of the movexzoom electronic seems a shame when it seems like a great super 8 camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perri Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 On 7/23/2017 at 7:47 PM, Rudolf said: Of course the mighty Iscorama 54 is the best bet for Super 8. It was built for that purpose. Works great with the high quality Schneider zooms you could find on many different Super 8 cameras especially the better ones (Leicina, Braun, Beaulieu, Movexzoom, Fujica ZC, Nikon, Canon). But this is quite expensive. I have another suggestion but I am not sure if this will work (I sold my Sankor 16F about 6 years ago...): The tiny and cheap Canon 310 XL-S is a great camera and has a very small zoom lens. This could reduce vignetting significantly. This could be a cheap alternative. Good luck! Did you ever use the sankor 16f with a super8 camera? I bought one and i would like to try It with my super8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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