Examples of Intentionally Overexposed 400vc and 400H

[bratha]

All the color work on my blog (www.riccisblog.com) is shot this way (Pro 400H rated @200 and developed at box speed by my lab)... The same applies for 800Z (@400) or 160S (@100) (when I shoot them).

Cheers,

Sorry to revive such an old thread, but I was reading through, and it raised a question.

So from the conversation I understand that I can take a Pro 400H roll, shoot it at 200, and have it developed at 400 for great results.

My question is, if I am having it developed at 400 anyway... am I able to switch between 200 and 400 throughout the roll for different results, or should I just pick one or the other and stick to it?

Thanks, and again, sorry for reviving such an old thread.

 

[not_in_good_order]

"C41 in principle should be shot at half box speed"

That's interesting to know. I just got a bunch of new Ektar 100 in so I'll have to try that with a few shots.

I've gotten awful cyan color casts when overexposing Ektar 100. The resulting scans from my 5000ED are just a pain to work with.

I like the way it looks at box speed:

 

[Tim Gray]

I've gotten great results with Portra (all of them) and Ektar exposing at box speeds. They are all also very capable of taking a stop or two of over exposure in stride. Very useable pictures are possible with even more exposure as well. All of this is with normal development.

The only real reason I might give color neg a bit of exposure over box speed is if I'm going for a certain look, or more importantly, if I want a bit of a safety buffer for sloppy metering. Also, with faster, grainier films, giving a bit of extra exposure pushes more of the 'important' exposure into the slower, finer grained parts of the film. However, with slower finer grained films, this really isn't a concern (Ektar, etc.) I'm only talking about 1/3-1/2 a stop though. But hey, if rating at half box speed works for you, it works for you.

Ektar at 100:

BABY CRAB by ezwal, on Flickr

Portra 400 at 400:

TOM by ezwal, on Flickr

I also don't think Ektar is as sensitive as people make it out to be. Here it is 4 stops over. I think it looks best at box speed though.

Ektar 100 +4 by ezwal, on Flickr