User`s manual

Production Accessories
Lens Cleaner
Frequent cleaning of your camera lens will ensure the clear-
est, brightest film image possible. You should also clean
around the film gate with compressed air. Don't use a brush.
If it goes through the gate, it could scratch your 85 filter,
and a brush tends to deposit more dirt in the gate than it
removes.
Kodak Lens Cleaner, 1 1/4 oz. bottle
................................................ CLNK
Kodak Lens Cleaner, 16 oz. bottle ................................................
•CLNK16
Kodak Lens Cleaning Paper, folder ......................................................
CLNPK
Falcon Pocket Dustoff ................................................................
DUSTOFF
See the Silencers section of the Super8 Sound Catalog for
camera quieting devices.
Exposure Accessories
Neutral Gray Test Card
Your single most valuable exposure accessory is an inexpen-
sive Neutral Gray (18% reflectance) Test Card. By placing
this card at the subject, your Super 8 zoom-lens camera be-
comes an accurate spot meter. Just aim at the gray card and
zoom to fill the field of view with the card. Set your camera
to automatic exposure; the f/stop reading corresponds to the
reading of an expensive incident light meter, plus all the cor-
rections for light lost in your lens, any filters you might be
using, etc. — all done automatically.
Neutral Gray Test Card (set of 4, Kodak) ................................ GRAYTC
Light Meter
The next most valuable exposure accessory is an incident
light meter with light-averaging hemisphere (Norwood type).
The Spectra Pro (or Combi-500 with an auxiliary CdS cell for
low light levels) is the motion picture industry standard. The
inexpensive Sekonic LC28 Studio Deluxe will do the same
job with a little less prestige.
Spectra Combi-500
................................................................................ SPEC500
Spectra Pro ......................................................................................
SPECPRO
Sekonic LC28 Studio Deluxe
SEKONIC
Contrast Viewing Filter
The final essential exposure accessory is a contrast viewing
filter. This neutral gray filter forces your eye to view the
scene with the same limited dynamic range with which the
fil m sees it. You will see where you are losing detail, es-
pecially in the shadows, and can take corrective steps by
adding appropriate lighting.
Contrast Viewing Filter (Spectra) ......................................................
CONFIL
Color/Gray Control Patches
An additional inexpensive exposure accessory is a set of
color and gray-scale control patches. Shoot a short segment
of these on your film and the lab can use them to balance the
final print back to natural tones. 2" x 7" long cardboard.
Color/Gray Control Patches (Kodak)
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COLORTC
Lighting
Super8 Sound has studied various motion picture lighting
systems available, made price comparisons of comparable
equipment, and has decided to recommend the Lowel-Light
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ne as best suited to Super 8 work, and as a best buy for the
money. Ross Lowell's ingenious designs have produced ex-
tremely compact light sources — notably the tiny but power-
ful Tota-Light, but also his clever collapsible Softlight, his
Quartz lights which combine spot and flood capabilities in a
single unit, and the original hang-anywhere Lowel-Light-
an inexpensive mounting and barndoors system for R40
tungsten reflector lamps. The extreme portability of the
Lowel-Lights matches well with the small size and light
weight of all other Super 8 location equipment.
We can list here only a few of the basic lights. Write us for a
complete lighting catalog listing all available accessories,
including the remarkable Lowel-Link system — modular grip
equipment for lighting support, background support, sun
diffusers, microphone booms, etc.
Lowel Tota-Light
The Tota-Light is an extremely lightweight (20 oz.), small
(11" x 3" x 2") and powerful (500W to 1000W) quartz light.
One Tota-Light may provide your total lighting needs for
much Super 8 indoor filming, if you learn to place this tiny
powerhouse properly, relative to ceilings and walls, to achieve
reasonably even lighting everywhere. It mounts easily atop
doors, or may be gaffer-taped directly to the wall.
S8S# TOTA94
Super 8 Sound, Inc.
22
95 Harvey Street, Cambridge. Mass. 02140