… new Super 8 project …

I’ve had Super 8 floating around in the back of my mind. (Not the hotel chain, the movie film). I started shooting on Super 8 in 1997. It’s has been a long time since I’ve shot anything with the medium, and I’m thinking it might be time to dig out some of the old cameras.

One thing that my Nizo 801 (pictured above) can do is shoot single frame base on the amount of available light. Most Super 8 cameras can shoot single frame, but to open and close the shutter based on timing a proper exposure can create some very bizarre results … especially if the level of light changes periodically. In a nutshell, how brightly lit a scene is determines the frame rate of the camera. In extremely dark situations, the shutter can stay open almost indefinitely, creating crazy blurred motion.

I might just use it to shoot some background plates or as a texture effect … I’m not sure.

Now … if I can rig up LED light boxes to a potentiometer and control their output …