Lawrence Lee wrote, > At the camera store today, I was chatting with one of the sales reps��
<snip> > > He then said something that really interested me - he loads Fuji Press 800 > on his camera (happens to be a Nikon F100) and then changes the film speed > setting to 400. > > So to me, that's like overexposing the film by 1 stop or so. > > Why is this practice done? I understand that when you push film in this > fashion, you need to tell the labs that you've done it so that they can > process at the correct exposure. But I really don't understand why > overexposing film would be good. Help! OK so its OT! Give the guy a break everyone! :o) Lawrence, as has been noted previously here overexposing print film boosts colour saturation. This is due to a denser negative. Its also true that in-camera meters are set up to give best results with slide film. Overexposing a neg film will give better shadow detail in addition to the above. Hope this helps. * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
