Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'll give it a try. What's your experience with Kodak T-Max (I think) 3200? > Thanks John. Looks like the solution is to shoot ISO 400 film at no >> more than ISO 200 and maybe lower. >> >> Everything goes against you in tungsten light. The meter is more >> sensitive and the film less so. >> >> I'm either going to have to get some f1.4 lenses or start using faster >film. > >Although not my fovorite film, Ilford Delta 400 and 3200 have an enhansed >red sensitivity (on paper) that should, theoretically, make them better at >seeing tungsten light. The best I ever used was the now defunct Ilford SFX >200 which had a red sensitivity almost equal to IR film but without the IR >graininess. Ah, but it's no longer available and it wasn't particularly >fast anyway. Try a roll of Delta 3200 shot at 1600. It's grainy but >functional in the shadows. > >JB > > > > > > > >> >> >> > > Ah, so I'm not alone in this. Next time I'll derate the film a stop >> >> and let you know what happens. >> >> >> >> I've seen the effect on both BW400CN and Fuji Press 400 (color neg). >> >> >> > >> >All normal (not extended red or IR) film emulsions loose sensitivity >> >starting at about 620-630mu which means that tungsten illumination, >> which >> >tends to be reddish orange, is only seen at a lower sensitivity (speed). >> >Indeed, normal incandescent lighting needs 1 stop overexposure but some >weak >> >tungsten light may need as much as 2 stops more exposure. The light >meter >> >sees red better than film does. >> > >> >JB >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> >Leica Users Group. >> >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Dick >> Boston MA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Regards, Dick