Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/01/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Matt, I really think that someone is giving you some very poor advice. Unless your Velvia slides are thin with no blacks then underexposing this film will give you very thick images. As to the B&W, many people rate Tri-X at 800 with little change in shadow density so all downrating this will do is burn out all the highlight detail (or make you work much harder in printing). So, why not do what Mark suggested, set up a typical scene that you would actually shoot and run a two stop bracket in half stops? Keep your development the same and see which exposure gives you negatives that print like you like. Pay attention to highlights and shadows when evaluating. Don dorysrus@mindspring.com - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Matt Shonfeld Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 1:40 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] Rating film I currently use 2x MP's and have been recently told to consider rating the film speed differently. It has been suggested to overexpose B&W (Kodak Tri-x 400) to 320 and underxpose tranny film i.e Fuji Velvia 50 asa to around 70 asa and Fuji Provia 100 to around 125 asa. Do i then push the tranny film +1/3 at process? Has anyone done this and what are the results. I am looking for more detail in B&W and brighter colours on the colour. Please let me know Matt Shonfeld www.mattshonfeld.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html