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Subject: [Leica] Film exposure error - how to correct it
From: lluisripollphotography at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 12:19:48 +0200
References: <6d78d76f-12f9-6478-b8b4-4c7eede3176f@summaventures.com>

If it was mine I would develop at Iso 320 or 400 at a high dilution to
compensate. I don't know if Ilford can do customized developings
Good luck!
Lluis

El 16/8/2017 11:21, "Peter Dzwig" <pdzwig at summaventures.com> escribi?:

> All,
>
> I put my M3 back in to use over the vacation. I was exposing the film in
> it as
> ASA400 assuming that I had one of my usual films in it.
>
> HOWEVER ( :-( ) I found that I had a roll of 125 ASA FP4+ in it when I
> came to
> the end of the roll. When I started using it I had noticed that I had
> already
> exposed some 10 frames. So I have 10 frames exposed at 125 ASA and 25 - or
> thereabouts - exposed as 400 ASA. Most of the shots taken when I was
> assuming it
> was 400 were exposed in the region of f8 - f16 at 1/500th.
>
> I send film to Ilford to process. My question is: how should I tell them to
> develop it?
>
> I think I have the following options:
>
> (i) DON'T - just bin it and write it off to bad luck!
>
> (ii) Develop it as (say) 200 ASA, accept that some will be under-exposed
> and
> that the rest will be over exposed and sort it out when I scan the film
> and play
> with it in PS or NikFX (or whatever). The short exposure times on the 400
> ASA
> shots may help as they will be on he darker side.
>
> (iii) Develop it as one or the other (125 or 400 ASA)
>
> Any other thoughts/recommendations?
>
> Peter
>
> PS I know that I should shoot a whole roll before i forget what the film
> is and
> go off on autopilot :-)
> --
>
> ===========================================================
> Dr Peter Dzwig
>
>
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