On Wed, 25 Jul 2001 01:36:25 +0200 Tomasz Zakrzewski (tomzakrz@ka.onet.pl)
wrote:
> But are there any ISO 800 tungsten negs on the market?
> They would be great for my stage photography but unfortunately none are
> available.
> I can't use the blue filter either as at ISO 800 I sometimes get only
> 1/15s
> exposure. And sometimes I have to push the neg to ISO 1600/3200 in order
> to
> freeze movement in low-light situations.
Exactly. Fuji Superia 800 works very well in tungsten or fluorescent and
you can correct colour balance very well, post scan, despite it being
nominally a daylight film. I have shot hundreds of pics this way, rating it
at 640 if there's enough light. But scanning is more flexible than C41
printing, and you can get a good quality scan from a neg which would not
print well due to underexposure. The main penalty is grain and of course
shadow detail, but at least you can achieve black shadows instead of mucky
dark green.
Grain aliasing is not a problem with this film and a Polaroid SS4000 - it
is unobtrusive in inkjet prints at A4. It may be different with 2,700ppi
units.
Regards
Tony Sleep
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