Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mon, 11 September 2000, Doug Nygren wrote: > > Over the weekend, I was talking with Steve McCurry, the National > Geographic photographer who shoots a lot for them in India and points > east. He said he shoots with Kodachrome 64 (ie. shot at 80) and > underexposes by a third of a stop so that colors are more saturated. I > do the opposite with color negative film, but I never play with ASA in > transparency film. I'm going to have to experiment with this and see how > it goes. Do any of you shoot your transparency film at slower ASA, do > you slightly underexpose for color saturation? > > Doug Nygren Doug, I use lots of K64 and I typically expose it at 80 instead of 64. Kodachrome doesn't tolerate much overexposure without losing highlight detail so in addition to the saturated colors, exposing it at 80 also is a hedge against overexposure. Bracket when in doubt, and remember that relative to the value of photgraphic opportunities, film is dirt cheap. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt - -------------------------------------------------- Visit the Northwestern Alumni Association portal page at http://www.nualumni.com to get free web-based e-mail and many other exciting features.