Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Funny- same applies for the DMR. Always underexpose a smidgen. Eric On 12/9/06, Phil Swango <paswango@gmail.com> wrote: > > Steve Barbour wrote: > > btw, is the latitude of this film so narrow/sensitive that shooting > at ISO 320 rather than 400 makes a visible difference? > > Steve, there's a ton of latitude but it's all on the overexposure > side. If you're careful with exposure ISO 400 will look fine. To be safe > you can overexpose a touch. I always shoot it at ISO 250 or 320. Same > with > C41 color films. Underexposure by more than half stop or so gives muddy > shadows and grain. But a 3-stop overexposure can yield a good print. As > for your original question, I wouldn't use ISO 400 c41 film at 800. I'd > rather shoot on a color 800 film and convert to b/w. Even better, DSLR. > > > -- > > Phil Swango > 307 Aliso Dr SE > Albuquerque, NM 87108 > http://pswango.smugmug.com/ > pswango(at)att.net > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >