Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just logged in for the first time in a few days so missed most of this thread. IMHO if you want to take colour any of these will work, but if you want to use them to scan to B&W after then there are issue with many films. It's a problem similar to sensors, modern films are aimed at giving best colour and are targeted at a specific market. The advice about making sure that you go for max saturation is well worthwhile as a starting pint. Peter On 06/06/2011 10:34, Chris Crawford wrote: > LOL, well color neg is a lot different than slide film. You have to give > enough exposure to ensure there is detail in the darkest tones that you > want > detail rendered in. In contrasty conditions, that can mean the light tones > might be overexposed quite a bit, but it is ok. Color neg film can be > overexposed a lot without much loss in quality because when you print, you > can just use a longer print time to bring out the detail in the neg. They > scan easily too. Dodging and burning can bring back full detail in the > lightest and darkest areas of a picture shot in very high contrast light. > > Overexposed up to 2 stops, you'll see no loss of quality, overexposed 4 the > print won't be the best, but you'll get a usable image. Underexposure, > however, is fatal in even small amounts. One stop under starts showing a > big > increase in grain and loss of color saturation and dark tones will be empty > of detail and will be a dark grey full of grain. Yuck! > > I shot negs for years, but now mostly shoot slides for color. They scan > easier, but if you're shooting in high contrast light or under non-daylight > sources, or you're shooting in situations where you may not be able to set > precise exposure, then negs win hands down. > > > Here's some scan from color negatives, Fuji NPS 160 (A portrait film that > is > no longer made, sadly). I shot them at EI-80, a one-stop overexposure. > > http://tinyurl.com/schneck1 > > http://tinyurl.com/schneck7 > > -- =========================================================== Dr Peter Dzwig