Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/09

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Subject: RE: [Leica] What would happen if I rated Superia 100/200 at 1600 ISO?
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 16:20:46 -0400

Maybe Alfie should ask Ralph Gibson if he's ever tried it...

B. D.

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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jeffery
Smith
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 4:09 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] What would happen if I rated Superia 100/200 at
1600 ISO?


I've never asked anyone to push 100 ISO film 5 stops. I wonder if it
involves pulling the plug on the developer in mid-cycle.

JLS


At 10:04 AM 4/9/02, you wrote:
>Hi Leicaphiles,
>
>What would happen to the grain, tonality, and contrast if I rated Superia
>100/200 at 1600 ISO to push it about 4-5 stops? This would probably be
>more of an artistic/photojournalist experiment if people disrecommend this
>approach for normal use. I would suspect based on very little prior
>experience rating Tri-X at 1600 speed that I would have a more avant-garde
>or eerie look with higher contrast and ability to handhold higher shutter
>speeds in lower light which show up into the negative prints?
>
>Thanks for your help.
>
>Alfie
>
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