Re: Reala rated at 80

[graywolf]

Well, it is not obvious. What is happening is that the current speed indexes of 
negative film basically give you minimum exposure. Sometimes that causes a loss 
of shadow detail. So many expert photographers overexpose a bit to prevent that. 
 That is so prevailent that many "pro" labs are set up for film with a 1/3 stop 
 overexposure as their normal print channel.

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Boros Attila wrote:

I must be missing something quite obvius here, because I can't get the
point... I have read some posts on the net about rating the Fuji Superia
Reala 100 film at ISO 80 speed. AFAIK this is the equivalent of overexposing
by 1/5 f-stop. I have also read that I can under/over expose a color
negative film by 1 f-stop without any major problems, the lab will correct
this during the development process. So Reala is a color negative film, and
an overexposure by 1/5 f-stop would likely be "corrected" by the lab.
On the other hand I realize the smallest amount of exposure compensation I
can set on my MZ-6 is 1/2 f-stop, so this trick may be good for slide
film... but for prints? ... no clue.
Anyway, is 1/5 f-stop that critical?

Attila


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