On Oct 11, 2010, at 4:32 PM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: > Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What film do people recommend for doing night landscape work? > > Colour negative film is the easier option for night photography because > it's much more tolerant about exposure and it has a flatter contrast > curve, i.e. it is far easier to print or scan than slide film. > > Try Kodak Elitecolor 100 or Portra 160 VC. > > Don't forget Mr. Schwarzschild. If in doubt, overexpose generously. > Those modern emulsions take incredible over-exposure without blocking. > Underexposure OTOH easily causes grain/noise in the darker areas. > > My usual times are around 45 secs at f8 and ISO 160 in an industrial > surrounding with bright highlights and deep shadows.
Thanks Ralf, this is exactly the sort of information I was looking for. > > Ralf > > -- > Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany > Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com > Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf > Web : http://www.fotoralf.de > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
