Fstops is how wide open the iris is. Google f stop and go on images. There you will see what changing the lenses f stop does to the iris (sometimes called the entrance pupil). Bigger the number then smaller the entrance pupil. Smaller the number then bigger the entrance pupil.
But remember that shutter speed also comes into play. I'm not sure how the Canon 814 XL works and therefore I do not know how to set any of these. Although I'm sure YouTube has a ton of vids telling you how to get a light reading.
I'm just wondering, have you shot on a camera before? Do you have access to a DSLR that you could play around with ISO, F Stops and shutter speed before shooting on Super 8? This might be a better way of learning before going to shoot on film.
With that said, Super 8 WAS created to be fairly user friendly and you're in luck, that's a great camera. I have one myself. It should read 50D as 40 (totally fine), 200T as 160 (totally fine) and 500T as 400 (totally fine). So basically... shoot away on auto exposure. I wouldn't even worry about manual exposure at this point. Some people may scoff but I almost always shoot on autoexposure.
No need for notch hacks as the latest film from Kodak (Vision3) will allow you to switch the filter out as need be. But I generally stick with it as it was originally meant. To simplify... Enable the filter while outside and disable while inside. Or you can just always have it disabled and it can be easily corrected in the scan these days.
I've only shot with the camera in bright light but I have shot with its sibling, the Canon 814XL-S and the low light capabilities are really great. Throw a cartridge of 500T in there and make sure the dial for shutter angle is on the window (shaped like a box) and not the sun so that the shutter speed is lower and you can really get some solid low light footage. I shot this is a dark loft. I've also used a 514XL and 500T and literally shot in a cave that had fairly low lighting. Autoexposure at that point just opens the aperture up all the way. Not the sharpest footage with low light but it works.
But ya, I'd definitely mess around with your digital SLR first. To get comfortable with what ISO/ASA, aperture, shutter speed/shutter angle and some of that means if you want to really want to know how to understand photography and manual exposure. Super 8 can easily be shot on autoexposure though and gets great results so don't stress too much.
Zac, your camera should do fine in lower light but it's not just the camera, but the film stock as well. My concern about the camera you have is the lack of 24fps. The 814 XLS, 814 AZ and 814 AZ Electronic do shoot 24fps. All of them have a fast aperture of f/1.4 and I think yours has both 220 and 150 shutter angles. Use 220 in low light if you need it keeping in mind you will have more motion blur. Also, use 200T or 250D film stocks in low light if you don't mind the extra grain.
I shot this is a dark loft. I've also used a 514XL and 500T and literally shot in a cave that had fairly low lighting. Autoexposure at that point just opens the aperture up all the way. Not the sharpest footage with low light but it works.
Thanks Dave and Dan! That's probably some of the cleanest/sharpest low light I've shot. Luckily I added some light to the set up. The 814XL-S has a hell of a lens. Also the 2K scan from Gamma Ray was top notch. Best scans I've ever gotten.
But Super 8 in low light does have its limits. I shot this wedding in a ridiculously low light venue where you could seriously barely see the couple with your own 2 eyes and they didn't want any other lighting so I shot on a Beaulieu 1008XL (220 shutter) at 9fps with a f1.2 lens and 500T pushed one stop. So pretty much everything one can do to help without actually adding light. It did manage to miraculously capture an image but it was grainy as all get-out so I minimized using that footage it in the edit. You can see the ceremony at around 2:35. The 814XL should probably perform similarly.
Also Dan as a sidenote, I like shooting at 18fps. Keeps it true to the medium in my amateur opinion and is more budget friendly to this wallet-strapped shooter. It's a little tricky in editing sometimes but not awful.
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That was the standard for many decades (with the Super Auto coming in late). You could buy manual machines, semi automatics and automatics going back to the 1980s, for home espresso use. The Super Auto joined in 2000 in earnest (though super automatic espresso machines for commercial use were invented in the early 1990s, by one of the co-owners of the Baratza grinder company, Kyle Anderson).
The lever is used in one of two ways: either you depress the lever to cock a beefy spring inside of the espresso device and once you let go of the lever, the spring uncompresses, pushing a piston which in turn pushes brewing water through a bed of coffee.
In the latter part of the first decade of this century, the Handpresso manual, travel espresso machine hit the marketplace. Instead of levers or electro-mechanical pumps, this device would use a kind of bicycle pump to inflate a chamber to provide air pressure (all the way up to 6BAR!) to brew a shot of espresso. This was most definitely a manual espresso machine, but it was non electrical; you had to supply it with boiling water.
The Breville Oracle and Breville Oracle Touch are considered Super Automatics by the modern definition of term, even though they are most definitely not like any super automatics elsewhere on the market today.
The one area the Oracle machines are different from all other super automatics is that they use a traditional 58mm portafilter, and you, as the user, have to move the portafilter from the grinder area to the grouphead, and once again remove it to dispense the spent puck of coffee. Everything else on the machines is automated, including the temperature-accurate steaming and frothing of milk.
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Yes, fully-automatic espresso machines are factory calibrated for a water hardness level of 3, but they can be recalibrated depending on the type of water in your area.
To determine the hardness of your water, (0 = very soft, 1 = soft, 2 = slightly hard, 3 = hard, 4 = very hard) dip one of the paper test strips provided with your device into your water for one second, then wait 1 minute for the result or contact your water provider. You can also contact your town hall to get this information.
Turn the adjustment knob located in the coffee bean container.
This setting should be applied during grinding and notch by notch (you can hear the noise of the grinder before the coffee starts to flow).
According to model:
The quality of the water has a strong influence on the quality of the flavours. Limescale and chlorine can affect the taste of your drinks.
In order to preserve all the flavours, we recommend that you use tap water (domestic drinking water) with the Claris Aqua Filter System cartridge, or bottled water with a dry residue of less than 800 mg/L (see bottle label).
Also remember to descale your machine if it indicates a descaling alert.
Scale deposits naturally form in your appliance and, without intervention, can affect the performance of the machine.
Regular descaling of your machine will preserve the proper functioning of your machine and ensure its longevity by eliminating all deposits of limescale or scale in all circuits that are in regular contact with water and susceptible to scaling.
All of our machines are equipped with an alert feature that lets you know when to descale.
It may be normal not to have any warning messages if your steam/hot water consumption is low.
Your espresso machine is equipped with a counter and automatically alerts you when descaling is necessary after a certain number of steam/hot water brews and according to several parameters: your consumption, the water hardness setting...
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