UNDER EXPOSED FILM

[scottbobo2]

WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO FIX SUPER 8 THAT IS A BIT UNDEREXPOSE.SOME SAY USE SOMETHING LIKE PHOTOSHOP OTHERS SAY TO PUSH THE FILM WHEN PROCESSED.IS THERE A GOOD SOFTWARE TO USE? EVERYBODY WITH SOME IDEA PLEASE RESPOND

[Greg Crawford]

You need to reveal more information. Did you do the shoot already? What type of film did you use? Home much under are you from the indicated ASA rating? Can you explain what the shoot looks like..

For example if you are 1/3 to 1/2 stop under shooting on a cloudy bright day. without any direct sunlight... your exposure might be correct. If that same seen was shot on negative film, don't even stop to worry.

If you shot a African American Actor against dark buildings walking through pools of high contrast correctly exposed light, you will probably be in for problems that can't be solved in development or photoshoppe.

Generally speaking when you push the film it will bring up the brightness levels in items above zone III in the Ansal Adams's Black and White Zone System scale. Items under III will not be effected. So a dark motorcycle jacket will not gain any detail, while the zipper will start to pop.

If you need to re film the scene, use more fill, bring the fill light level up to a zone IV especially with Kodachrome, and don't live on the bottom toe of the film sensitivity curve.

[WooferHound]

I had some bad film one time. I made it very interesting by laying it out on a lighttable, then with a sewing needle in a pair of hemostats, I scratched the emulsion off around the outlines of the images that were there. Very Electric looking . . .