Re: Multiple Exposures

From: Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T) (email suppressed)
Date: Tue Nov 13 2007 - 20:27:05 PST


It obviously depends on what you are shooting. The general rule of
thumb would be to go down one stop for a double exposure and two for
a quadruple. If some of your shots are contrasty and mostly dark, you
wouldn't want to go down as much.

At 3:52 AM +0000 11/14/07, Shumona Goel wrote:
>Hi Frameworks,
>
>I'm shooting 16mm on a bolex and am doing some multiple exposures (2 - 5)
>layers. I was wondering how to compensate the exposure... Any suggestions?
>
>Thanks!
>Shumona
>
>Quoting Steve Polta <email suppressed>:
>
>> Coincidentally, I just bought a digital recorder for
>> Cinematheque to use to record artist presentations and
>> intverviews. I'm sure the Zoom H4 that others a
>> recommending but we actually had one for a while that
>> was kind of a pain in the neck--it was great but was
>> too complicated for an untrained person (say, an new,
>> short term intern) to use intuitively. So I bought the
>> Zoom H2 (and returned the H4). We'll see how I like it
>> when it arrives but a friend (who does interviews)
>> highly recommends it.
>>
>> product description/review:
>>
>www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/digitalmedia/2007/09/13/review-zoom-h2-surround-recorder.html?page=1
>> good amazon reviews too of the H2
>>
>> But I don't know much more. I still like mini-disc for
>> personal recordings, fwiw.
>>
>> Steve Polta
>> San Francisco Cinematheque
>>
>>
>>
>> --- andrew lampert <email suppressed> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > I realise that I'm inviting a lot of opinions and
>> > responses, but if anyone thinks they have a good
>> > answer I'm all ears. I'm looking to buy (or maybe
>> > even rent if what I want is too expensive) a digital
>> > audio recorder with the express purpose of recording
>> > sound that will be used on a stereo optical
>> > celluloid soundtrack. There are a lot of options on
>> > the market and I've not had experience with any of
>> > them which is why I ask such a broad question. I
>> > can see myself recording voices, music, field
>> > recordings, etc, and using it for other near future
>> > film and video projects. I don't like using
>> > mini-discs and, at this point in time, don't want to
>> > go to DAT. Does anyone have any recommendations for
>> > compact flash card recorders? Anyone here use a
>> > Marantz PMD 660? Feel free to write back off list.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > A.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
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