On Sun, 10 Jun 2001 09:07:14 +1000, you wrote:
>I would be interested to hear if anyone on the list has done, or seen, any
>comparisons on the effective contrast range of various print films. I have
>had some unsatisfactory results shooting bikes at the track on very bright
>days using Kodak and Fuji consumer grade films. To get a moderate amount of
>detail in some darker bikes the background has had to be blown out
>considerably, resulting in an overall image that I'm not happy with. I find
>myself wondering if using a better film ( Agfa Optima 100 ?) on brighter
>days would help. I haven't been able to find any data which would quantify
>this anywhere and don't want to increase my costs for this activity
>unnecessarily. Any leads would be appreciated.
>Regards, Tim
Tim -
The magazine "Photo Techniques (USA)" just ran a two-part series on
the most popular "pro" color print films. The first part was on the
slower films , and the second on the fast films. It was an
intelligent discussion, with photo examples form a number of them. I
found it useful and go back and re-read it occasionally. I can go dig
them out for issue numbers, but they were the two issues prior to the
current one.
Ken Durling
Website http://home.earthlink.net/~kdurling/
Alternate e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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