Film

Types and Technical Data

It makes good sense to work with a limited range of well-chosen films. You get to know their performance  intimately – what each can contribute to your particular style of picture,  its response to different subject situations and, when  necessary, just how far you can abuse the film before results become unacceptable. …

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Understanding Film …The Basics

Film is, very simply, a light-sensitive emulsion on a plastic base. An easy way to think of film is to compare it with bread and butter. Think of the bread as the base, the butter as the emulsion. When you hold this combination in your hand, what you feel and see is mostly bread, the base – not butter, the emulsion. The base (bread) holds and supports the emulsion (butter), the active part of the film. …

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Film Speed and Grain

How sensitive a film is to light, that is, how much it reacts to a given quantity of light, is indicated by its film speed. The more sensitive-or faster-the  film, the higher its number in the rating system. …

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Effects of Exposure

Effects of exposure and development on normal contrast, silver-image monochrome film…

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B&W Negative Exposure Errors

IMAGE AREA: Thin negatives. (Snow scenes,  beach scenes,  and areas with a  lot of brightness.)

EDGE AREA: Normal

FAULT: Underexposure. Exposure meters average an exposure to a mid grey tone.

CAUSE / PREVENTION: When photographing scenes that are very bright overall give one  to two-stops more exposure than the meter recommends. …

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Colour Films

Colour Negative  Film – Most choice of  film speeds  in  35mm and roll film (from  ISO  100 to  1000).

Colour Transparency Film – Colour films designed to give direct positive images are given the suffix chrome (rather than co/orused for negative film).

Instant Colour Prints/Polaroids – Wide  range of sizes from 31/4 x 3 318  in  to  10 x 8  in. …

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A Word on Colour…

Most people’s  experience of colour film will be buying a colour negative daylight balanced film. This means the image goes onto the negative film and then is reversed into a positive colour image in the printing process. …

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Introduction to Basic Scanning

When scanning you should always ask yourself, what is the end result I am looking for? This will determine some of the setting for the scanner right at the beginning of the process. …

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Film  Record  Sheet

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