kshapero
South Florida Man
What would happen if I shot a roll of Fuji 800 ISO at 400 speed and sent it to a one hour lab?
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rich815
Guest
Nothing bad. It would likely look even better as most C-41 color films can do with a little over-exposure. in this case it would make for some nice, strong negs that in the printing would be compensated for with the result likely favorable. Your shadows will certainly have better detail. I usually shoot Fuji NPZ at 640 and many 400 speed color films at 250 or 320 for this exact reason. Nothing worse for grain than under-exposing a C-41 color film.
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Socke
Guest
Hm, underexposed it is pretty ugly, so I tend to overexpose 1/3 stop with Contax Gs. I haven't overexposed a full stop yet, but I think the highlights will be blown out, shadows might be really good.
If you shot indoors or with a very cloudy sky, it probably turns out good and, given a good operator, the prints are ok.
kshapero
South Florida Man
I will be shooting indoors but during the daytime at an event.
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Socke
Guest
That's Fujipress 800 in a Contax TVS 1/3 stop underexposed
The closest I get to indoors with daylight and having it online
I've used that film mostly for pictures in very low light.
The closest I get to indoors with daylight and having it online
I've used that film mostly for pictures in very low light.
Berliner
Well-known
You'd likely get rich, saturated colors...maybe some negs will be overexposed...
hans voralberg
Veteran
I once expose 800 NPZ @ 100, and still get very nice picture, I have no idea how that is even possible, so 400 is no problem
Denis M.
Denis Muradov
Fuji 800 speed seems to be about 1/3 or so below the stated box speed. 400 tends to be ok at 400.
1 hour labs tend to have dirty chems which might produce odd inconsistent colors from roll to roll and can also scratch your film as well. I tried to hand in 800 film at my local labs, but I just got fed up with them ruining my film. Your results may vary.
1 hour labs tend to have dirty chems which might produce odd inconsistent colors from roll to roll and can also scratch your film as well. I tried to hand in 800 film at my local labs, but I just got fed up with them ruining my film. Your results may vary.
amateriat
We're all light!
I've shot Fuji Press 800 at box speed with decent results, but I've found EI 640 to be pretty much ideal (decent balance of speed, tight grain and good tonality). I also think this film could be a tad more sensitive to processing variables than some other films. When I was in charge of in-house processing at a photo agency, I regularly ran FP 800, pushed one stop, through our Noritsu (which I adjusted–i.e. slowed down–for proper push processing, also with okay results...we actually thought pushed 800 was better than the test rolls of FP 1600 we were given to try out in 2000 for the US Open).
I think exposing at 400 is going a bit far, but the best thing to do is test. As was discussed (and argued) in another thread, it's a matter of knowing your film, camera and meter for getting the results you want. Burning a roll or two in the name of drawing a bead on your "ideal" exposure value is time and money well-spent.
- Barrett
I think exposing at 400 is going a bit far, but the best thing to do is test. As was discussed (and argued) in another thread, it's a matter of knowing your film, camera and meter for getting the results you want. Burning a roll or two in the name of drawing a bead on your "ideal" exposure value is time and money well-spent.
- Barrett