Kodak Exposure Guide

[alphonse2501]

I recently buy some rolls of Ultramax 400 from BHphoto and try to scan these guides, Gold 100 saved before phase out from BHphoto.


Kodak Ultramax 400
http://i.imgur.com/jXCc2sM.jpg

Kodak Gold 100
http://i.imgur.com/dBvfJrT.jpg

Strange thing is Ultramax 400 using ASA 200 speed, not 1/500... These new rolls I buy have expire date on 2015/10, very fresh.

At least Kodak still uses guide to recommend using ASA 100 for outdoor and 400 for low light situation.

 

[farlymac]

I think that since there is some latitude built into the UltraMax, Kodak hedged a bit on that guide. I usually shoot it at 1/200, and then tell the lab to pull process it.

PF

 

[Gumby]

Hi neighbor in 91324. Those kind of guides have been used for years and years... and are extremely useful. They attribute their success largely to the extreme exposure latitude of negative film. I find them very useful because they liberate one from scrutinizing a light meter and fretting over camera settings. One can just concentrate on getting a decent image instead of being technically perfect..

 

[Photo_Smith]

Yes these were useful before cameras had built in metering.
Here is one from a late 1970's Kodacolor II 100 ASA

 

[alphonse2501]

Thanks for explanation. It looks like I still can use 1/500 speed for Ultramax.

Right now I am make DIY exposure guide by use paper film box. Daylight sets is not problem, but "existing light" has a lot of sets on Kodak BW400CN PDF document (no existing light list on Ultramax PDF). Customize BW400CN's exposure sets for Ultramax will not have any big different?

 

[Gumby]

I suspect that the reason why those exposure guides never mentioned 1/500 sec speed is because not all shutters had that setting back then, and those that did probably weren't accurate at that speed anyway. You can do shoot at 1/500 as long as you compensate with aperture.

 

[charjohncarter]

When you start out you want everything to fit. My Rolleiflex has a different chart on the camera than the one on the insert of Kodak film. After a while I just used the Sunny 16 rules. And I have seen differences with these rules too. Now I not so hard to please, especially with good latitude C-41, and almost anything goes scanners and processing software.

Black and White is another story, lots of metering going on with those films.