Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Luis, Sonny's posting of Fuji's 1600 speed color neg film intriged me so I ran a roll through. It is amazingly good at 1600 and could be substituted for T400CN expecially if post processing is digital. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 1/18/06, Luis Miguel Casta?eda <lmc@interlink.es> wrote: > > > On 16/01/2006, at 17:13, Richard S. Taylor wrote: > > > Luis - I had not considered this possibility. Thanks. I ran some > > tests recently with Fuji Press 400 and found I got the least > > grainy, best tonal range negatives when I derated the film between > > 1 and 2 stops. > > This always happen, the best tonality from any given film comes > underexposing it about an stop and developing it having that in mind. > This does not apply to slides, indeed. :) > > > The variation depended on whether or not the lamp was in, or close > > to, the frame. (And, this was after making sure I wasn't metering > > the lamp.) Next time I think I'll try Fuji 800 at 400 or maybe > > Fuji 1600 derated to 650 or so and see if either gives me better > > results. > > most high ISO emulsions are in fact 400/800 specifically formulated > to be pushed. If you are aiming to have some rules to shoot > consistently under tungsten light I think that you will save time and > money going methodical and running some test to find the effective > sensibility of your film of choice. It's boring to death, I know, but > helps a lot. > > > I may give P3200 another try eventually but I'd like to stick with > > C41-process films for now. > > C41 is quite comfy, but I don't know if someone is offering high ISO > in this process. > > > > > > > Saludos > ----------------------------------------- > http://imaginarymagnitude.net/blog/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >