super 8 film
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Reversal film can be developed, and plopped straight into a projector. What you develop is what you get.
Negative film, when developed, still needs a conversion process (done during the video transfer). Otherwise, it's just film with all the colours whacky. Just look at a strip of negative from a film photo camera, as example.
Vision 2 is a Kodak brand-name, for some of their film stocks. For Super-8 film, it's exclusivley the stock used for their colour-negative film. It's being slowly replaced with Vision 3, right now.
The number is the film's "speed", and the letter tells you whether the film is balanced (shows correct colours at) for artificial light (T for Tungsten) or Daylight (D for Daylight).
So your 500T film (very fast speed) would be a good choice for low-light/night shots, using tungsten illumination.
You can use tungsten-balanced film with daylight-based light sources (and vice-versa), with a combination of lens filters & gels for changing the colours of light sources. It's not a big deal, really.
Both are Kodak brand-names for two of their specific film stocks. Both are black&white reversal films.
Simply put, Plus-X is a slower speed suitable for outdoor use. Tri-X is a faster speed, for indoor (or lower-light) use.
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