by shooting this film, you are already acknowledging a trade off between absolute image quality and film speed. If the ultimate shadow detail is needed, then shoot around 800. But if max usability is needed, then shoot it around 1600. Of course if you need more speed at the expense of shadow detail, then shoot it at 3200. I normally shoot it around 1600 and push the development about half stop. When shooting at less than 1600, I don't reset the e.i. I just bias the exposure measurements more towards the shadows. Maybe changing the e.i. by 1/3 stop works for the Zone folks but it doesn't for my style. Just too many variables how and where you meter and how you develop. Bob Michaels --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Richard Smallfield <r.smallfield@p...> wrote: > Hi, > I've just laoded some Neopan 1600 and have set the iso to around 1400. > > Can anyone tell me what the optimum iso for this film is? > > many thanks, > Richard > -- > http://smallfield.vze.com > http://photos.smallfield.vze.com > > "You can love completely without complete understanding." > --Norman Maclean, 'A River Runs Through It'
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Re: Neopan 1600 - best speed?
2005-02-27 by Bob Michaels