Super 8 Film Camera Shutter Speeds
Beaulieu Super 8 Film Cameras
Have a Gillotine (up-and-down) slidding mirror-surfaced
shutter
It is not a typical shutter | So, Shutter
Speeds are found as described in the Instruction Manual
I use this workable formula: Open Full Xfps
x 3.6 | Half Open Half Xfps x 7.2 = Shutter Speed
Beaulieu 4008 ZM
| 4 fps | 8 fps | 18 fps | 24 fps | 25 fps | 36 fps | 50 fps | 70 fps | 80 fps |
| Open Half | 1/30 | 1/60 | 1/130 | 1/173 | 1/174 | 1/1/260 | 1/350 | 1/500 | 1/576 |
| Open Full | 1/15 | 1/30 | 1/65 | 1/86 | 1/87 | 1/130 | 1/175 | 1/250 | 1/288 |
360° X FPS / Shutter Speed = Shutter Angle
360° / Camera Shutter Angle x FPS = Shutter
Speed
Most Super 8 Film Cameras have a typical Shutter
Mechanism and a definate Shutter Angle
Beaulieu 6008 and 7008
| 4 fps | 8 fps | 18 fps | 24 fps | 25 fps | 36 fps | 54 fps | 70 fps |
LL
Low Light | 1/10 | 1/20 | 1/40 | 1/60 | | 1/85 | 1/120 | |
| Normal | | | 1/65 | 1/87 | | 1/130 | 1/350 | |
360° X FPS / Shutter Speed = Shutter Angle
360° / Camera Shutter Angle x FPS = Shutter
Speed
Most Super 8 Film Cameras have a typical Shutter
Mechanism and a definate Shutter Angle
Bolex 660
| Shutter Angle | 4 fps | 9 fps | 16 fps | 18 fps | 24 fps | 36 fps | 45 fps | 54 fps | 70 fps |
| 190° | ° | 1/17 | ° | 1/34 | ° | ° | 1/85 | ° | ° |
Canon 1014XL-S
| Shutter Angle | 4 fps | 9 fps | 16 fps | 18 fps | 24 fps | 36 fps | 45 fps | 54 fps | 70 fps |
| 150° | ° | 1/20 | ° | 1/40 | 1/60 | 1/85 | ° | ° | ° |
| 220° | ° | 1/15 | ° | 1/30 | 1/40 | 1/60 | ° | ° | ° |
Canon 1014E
| Shutter Angle | 4 fps | 9 fps | 16 fps | 18 fps | 24 fps | 36 fps | 45 fps | 54 fps | 70 fps |
| 150° | ° | ° | ° | 1/43 | 1/58 | ° | ° | 1/129 | ° |
| 75° | ° | ° | ° | 1/86 | 1/115 | ° | ° | 1/258 | ° |
| 37.5° | ° | ° | ° | 1/172 | 1/230 | ° | ° | 1/516 | ° |
Elmo 1014S-XL
| Shutter Angle | 4 fps | 9 fps | 16 fps | 18 fps | 24 fps | 36 fps | 45 fps | 54 fps | 70 fps |
| 220° | ° | ° | ° | 1/29 | 1/39 | ° | ° | ° | ° |
360° X FPS / Shutter Speed
= Shutter Angle
360° / Camera Shutter Angle x FPS = Shutter
Speed
Nizo Professional
| Shutter Angle | | 1 fpm | 6 fps | 18 fps | 25 fps | 36 fps | 45 fps | 54 fps | 70 fps |
| Book Says: | Open Full | 1 min. | 1/8 | 1/43 | 1/57 | ° | ° | 1/129 | ° |
| Book Says: | Open Half | ° | ° | 1/86 | 1/115 | ° | ° | Don't Do It | ° |
| ° | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° |
| 150° | Open Full | ° | ° | 1/43 | ° | ° | ° | 1/129 | ° |
| 151° | Open Full | ° | ° | ° | 1/57 | ° | ° | ° | ° |
| 270° | Open Full | ° | 1/8 | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° |
| 75° | Open Half | ° | ° | 1/86 | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° |
| 78° | Open Half | ° | ° | ° | 1/115 | ° | ° | ° | ° |
If anyone knows the actual Shutter Angle of
a Nizo Professional, please email it to: JOHN@JLemail.com
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The Nizo 4056 and 4080 both have
a shutter angle of 220 degrees, as do the
6056 and 6080.Nizo 4056 | 4080 | 6056 | 6080 | Shutter Angle:
220°
The speeds are as follows, as stated in the
instruction manuals:
9 fps 1/16
18 fps 1/32
24 fps 1/43
54 fps 1/96
Atze Veenstra | email: atzev@xs4all.nl
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Nizo Professional
Comment: pretty close to 150° Shutter
Speed at Full Open
Shutter Angle = close to 150° | 24 fps
= 1/57 second
360° X FPS / Shutter Speed = Shutter Angle
360° / Camera Shutter Angle x FPS = Shutter
Speed
Full Open | Shutter
18 fps = 1/43 second = 150.6° shutter
angle
24 fps = 1/57 second = 151.5° shutter
angle
24 fps = 1/57.370516 second = 150.6° shutter
angle
54 fps = 1/129 second = 150.6° shutter
angle
Half Open | Shutter
18 fps = 1/86 second = 75.3° shutter angle
24 fps = 1/115 second = 75.1° shutter
angle
54 fps = 1/260 second = 74.7° shutter
angle
Shooting Super 8 Color Negative Film
-- Recommendation: OVEREXPOSE by up to 2 f/stops
360° X FPS / Shutter Speed
= Shutter Angle
360° / Camera Shutter Angle x FPS = Shutter
Speed
Nizo 801 Macro
| Shutter Angle | | 1 fpm | 6 fps | 18 fps | 24 fps | 36 fps | 45 fps | 54 fps | 70 fps |
| Book Says: | Open Full | 1 min. | 1/8 | 1/43 | 1/57 | ° | ° | 1/129 | ° |
| Book Says: | Open Half | ° | ° | 1/86 | 1/115 | ° | ° | Don't Do It | ° |
| ° | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° |
| 150° | Open Full | ° | ° | 1/43 | ° | ° | ° | 1/129 | ° |
| 151° | Open Full | ° | ° | ° | 1/57 | ° | ° | ° | ° |
| 270° | Open Full | ° | 1/8 | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° |
| 75° | Open Half | ° | ° | 1/86 | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° |
| 78° | Open Half | ° | ° | ° | 1/115 | ° | ° | ° | ° |
If anyone knows the actual Shutter Angle of
a Nizo 801 Macro, please email it to: JOHN@JLemail.com
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Comment: pretty close to 150°
Nizo 801 Macro Shutter Speed
Shutter Angle = close to 150° | 24 fps
= 1/57 second
360° X FPS / Shutter Speed = Shutter Angle
360° / Camera Shutter Angle x FPS = Shutter
Speed
Full Open | Shutter
18 fps = 1/43 second = 150.6° shutter
angle
24 fps = 1/57 second = 151.5° shutter
angle
24 fps = 1/57.370516 second = 150.6° shutter
angle
54 fps = 1/129 second = 150.6° shutter
angle
Half Open | Shutter
18 fps = 1/86 second = 75.3° shutter angle
24 fps = 1/115 second = 75.1° shutter
angle
54 fps = 1/260 second = 74.7° shutter
angle
Shooting Super 8 Color Negative Film
-- Recommendation: OVEREXPOSE by up to 2 f/stops
Nizo 4080
| Shutter Angle | | 9 fps | 16 fps | 18 fps | 24 fps | 25 fps | | 54 fps | |
| ° | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° |
| ° | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° |
If anyone knows the actual Shutter Angle of a
Nizo 4080, please email it to:
JOHN@JLemail.com
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Sample
Canon 1014XL-S
| Shutter Angle | 4 fps | 9 fps | 16 fps | 18 fps | 24 fps | 36 fps | 45 fps | 54 fps | 70 fps |
| 150° | ° | 1/20 | ° | 1/40 | 1/60 | 1/85 | ° | ° | ° |
| 220° | ° | 1/15 | ° | 1/30 | 1/40 | 1/60 | ° | ° | ° |
Super 8 Film Camera Shutter Speeds
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