500 asa film, 400 asa camera...

[Vurfer]

All this with slightly overexposing the film to get more detail in the shadows just applies to negative stock, right?

Is there any advantage in slightly over or underexposing reversal stock, or is the picture at its best when it's exposed exactly right?

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[MovieStuff]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Courier, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Vurfer:
All this with slightly overexposing the film to get more detail in the shadows just applies to negative stock, right?

Is there any advantage in slightly over or underexposing reversal stock, or is the picture at its best when it's exposed exactly right?
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Well, personally, I shoot reversal at the rated index or I underexpose it slightly to get better color saturation. Reversal, particularly Kodachrome, is so damned unforgiving that a little bit can go a looooong way to really screwing up your exposure. Also, the thing to do is tests. The idea is to know in advance how a particular emmulsion is going to respond to over or under exposure. There is more to shooting a movie than just getting "correct exposure". You want to try and set a mood, which might require over exposure or even gross underexposure. Again, the ASA rating is merely a starting point, not an instruction that has to be obeyed or the ASA police will come get you.

Roger

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Roger Evans
MovieStuff
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