In my experience spot is great for dialing things in, like a bit of light splashing across the back wall, or getting a sky reading, but I never use spot for metering faces and scenes entirely. We can work that in to an episode for sure! Thanks for watching!
Absolutely. This is on the list... but also a pricey video! We'd love to do a straight up test with all of the various stocks to show the exposure to grain levels on them all. Hope to get to that when the weather warms up a bit!
Connor Pannell Absolutely. We’re trying to keep a good balance of releasing content. Both Andrew and I are out on jobs for the next 14-20 days. That makes it difficult to release content at a steady pace. I’ll be releasing the two shots from this video as well as a host of others on this cartridge. I hear your request and we’ll do our best to release technique & result together in the future.
You'll have to school me on that. I account for light loss from the viewfinder when shooting with a Bolex but have never found my images to be underexposed with the Canon 1014xls.
@@MidwestFilmCo Well, if you are already doing it with the Bolex, then you need not schooling from me. The concept is the same. Viewfinders and lenses rob the film of some of the light so calculating exposure just on the shutter speed is not going to cut it.
Gustav Littorin Awe yes... I’ve been there. The best way to do it is to pick up some table top reel winders for 16mm. Spool the film down onto a 100’ daylight cartridge... now the film is backwards, so rewind it onto another 100’ daylight spool. Has to be done in complete darkness. Alternatively you can do this by hand. I’ve done it. It takes quite a while. The other option is to send it to a lab and have them spool it down for you. Hope this helps.
Gustav Littorin Or try and pick up a that shoots 400’ loads. I get that the price point of these cameras are a bit higher but you won’t regret it! I have some weird feeling that film cameras are gonna start creeping back up in price over the next few years so if you can get in now, do it!
@@MidwestFilmCo Yeah i totaly get that. I Would Love to get my hand on a good kit its just har justifying it when a only shoot digitaly at this time haha! What camerq Would you recomend?
I send my 16/35 to Film & Video Solutions in Maryland & my 8mm goes to Spectra Film & Video in Hollywood. I'm offering processing & scanning, essentially receiving the film and sending it out to make it easier on everyone.
I got them back but it was so long after that I scrapped it. We plan on doing another shoot that will house both the shoot and the result in it. Oh, and the footage looked good from this! I promise... as riveting as a plant and a mug can be!
@@MidwestFilmCo thanks for replying! I was very much looking forward to seeing this, so kinda sad haha. Please keep the channel going, it’s an absolute treasure. Cheers
When shooting at 24fps the shutter is 1/48th. The great thing about a lot of digital (higher end) light meters is they have a cinema or fps mode for shooting motion images.
Great video. I typically use a gray card and take a spot meter reading to get the LV number and adjust my exposure from there.
This channel is a gold mine!
"Wow". Loving this series
Great stuff coming from this channel.
Rare gems. Cant wait to see the result !!!
Thanks! Excited to get it back and walk through the result!
When?
Would love to see you guys doing another piece on how to meter with a spotmeter!
In my experience spot is great for dialing things in, like a bit of light splashing across the back wall, or getting a sky reading, but I never use spot for metering faces and scenes entirely. We can work that in to an episode for sure! Thanks for watching!
This is great content. As someone who can't wait to get his hands on film, this video is like a cake inside a window. :)
Thanks! We're a bit behind atm but plan on shooting some more content soon!
Did you increase your shutter speed to compensate for the middle grey when metering or did you push the film when developing
I did neither. Shot how I metered and processed normal. I have this footage somewhere - I should make a new video on this eh?
Great channel! Could you do a video about the relationship between exposure/lighting and graininess/noise?
Absolutely. This is on the list... but also a pricey video! We'd love to do a straight up test with all of the various stocks to show the exposure to grain levels on them all. Hope to get to that when the weather warms up a bit!
Cool, simple vid. However it'd be even better if you released your results companion video at the same time for the future imo.
Connor Pannell Absolutely. We’re trying to keep a good balance of releasing content. Both Andrew and I are out on jobs for the next 14-20 days. That makes it difficult to release content at a steady pace. I’ll be releasing the two shots from this video as well as a host of others on this cartridge. I hear your request and we’ll do our best to release technique & result together in the future.
Great video! What did you set the shutter to?
When shooting at 24fps the shutter is 1/48th. Thanks!
Are you accounting for the light lost in the viewfinder and lens?
You'll have to school me on that. I account for light loss from the viewfinder when shooting with a Bolex but have never found my images to be underexposed with the Canon 1014xls.
@@MidwestFilmCo Well, if you are already doing it with the Bolex, then you need not schooling from me. The concept is the same. Viewfinders and lenses rob the film of some of the light so calculating exposure just on the shutter speed is not going to cut it.
I have some 400ft film i want to fit into my canon scoopic 100ft. How would you guys do this? What is the best alternative?
Gustav Littorin Awe yes... I’ve been there. The best way to do it is to pick up some table top reel winders for 16mm. Spool the film down onto a 100’ daylight cartridge... now the film is backwards, so rewind it onto another 100’ daylight spool. Has to be done in complete darkness. Alternatively you can do this by hand. I’ve done it. It takes quite a while. The other option is to send it to a lab and have them spool it down for you. Hope this helps.
@@MidwestFilmCo thanks!! It did and it seems like a hassle and I dont want to ruin the film so i might just go and buy som 100ft spools haha!
Gustav Littorin Or try and pick up a that shoots 400’ loads. I get that the price point of these cameras are a bit higher but you won’t regret it! I have some weird feeling that film cameras are gonna start creeping back up in price over the next few years so if you can get in now, do it!
@@MidwestFilmCo Yeah i totaly get that. I Would Love to get my hand on a good kit its just har justifying it when a only shoot digitaly at this time haha!
What camerq Would you recomend?
Do you send it FotoKem in Burbank? I hate that I live in Chicago and can't get my film processed in town!
I send my 16/35 to Film & Video Solutions in Maryland & my 8mm goes to Spectra Film & Video in Hollywood. I'm offering processing & scanning, essentially receiving the film and sending it out to make it easier on everyone.
What do you mean by 2/2.8 split?
There's a one stop difference
Best image I have seen on youtube..
Hi. Which light meter is that. It is not a Minolta IV.
Minolta Flash Meter VI
@@MidwestFilmCo Thank you for replying
Isn't Super 8 usually 18fps?
A long time ago. Yes. Most higher end cameras shoot 24fps.
Did you ever get around showing the results?
I got them back but it was so long after that I scrapped it. We plan on doing another shoot that will house both the shoot and the result in it. Oh, and the footage looked good from this! I promise... as riveting as a plant and a mug can be!
@@MidwestFilmCo thanks for replying! I was very much looking forward to seeing this, so kinda sad haha. Please keep the channel going, it’s an absolute treasure. Cheers
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Great video! What did you set the shutter to?
When shooting at 24fps the shutter is 1/48th. The great thing about a lot of digital (higher end) light meters is they have a cinema or fps mode for shooting motion images.
@@MidwestFilmCo thanks. If you shoot at 18fps is the shutter setting on the light meter 36? Do super 8mm cameras have a fixed shutter speed/angle?