Iso 24,000

[dmr]

Stupid question here, how do you even meter for such a film in very low light? Are there inexpensive hand-held light meters that can see in the dark that well? I know it's way out of range of any camera I have.

 

[ch1]

Stupid question here, how do you even meter for such a film in very low light? Are there inexpensive hand-held light meters that can see in the dark that well? I know it's way out of range of any camera I have.

Yes, this is the "problem". I'm looking at my Bessa R2S right now. It's max ISO setting is 3200. So normally, at that setting, you would push the film three stops to get to 24000.

Now, assume I load in this 24000 with the ISO set to 3200. If I still have a totally negative light reading at 1.4 (my Nikkor 5.0cm's widest aperture) at a "steady hand hold speed" of 1/60 how do I guesstimate what my real settings should be 3 stops up?

I guess if I can get a reading of some kind at that setting I can just increase the shutter speed three steps or so? Would require a bit of trial and error.

This could be a fun dilemma to "play" with. I suspect that it will be important to make sure that your camera can be set to "in between" speed settings w/o "blowing up" before getting too exact! 😱

 

[Chaser]

Yes, this is the "problem". I'm looking at my Bessa R2S right now. It's max ISO setting is 3200. So normally, at that setting, you would push the film three stops to get to 24000.

Now, assume I load in this 24000 with the ISO set to 3200. If I still have a totally negative light reading at 1.4 (my Nikkor 5.0cm's widest aperture) at a "steady hand hold speed" of 1/60 how do I guesstimate what my real settings should be 3 stops up?

I guess if I can get a reading of some kind at that setting I can just increase the shutter speed three steps or so? Would require a bit of trial and error.

This could be a fun dilemma to "play" with. I suspect that it will be important to make sure that your camera can be set to "in between" speed settings w/o "blowing up" before getting too exact! 😱

I've got a quantum calculight xp that i believe reads down to ev -7 and has iso settings up to iso 50,000 ... or my main camera goes to iso 6400 then i would just overexpose 2 stops...

I think this film will be interesting if kodak gets it off of the ground...

I will send in my petition...
hope others do too