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08/07/2005 06:33:37 PM · #1 |
| looking to take pictures of the meteor shower on thursday/friday/saturday night. reccomend a good film? i've got an old old manual slr pentax and a tripod... |
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08/07/2005 06:47:31 PM · #2 |
| FILM ?? Curse you - this is a DIGITAL forum. ;-) |
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08/07/2005 06:49:15 PM · #3 |
I've shot hundreds of rolls of Kodak Royal Gold which I believe has morphed into Kodak High Definition. It is usually available in both ISO 400 or 800.
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08/07/2005 06:52:43 PM · #4 |
The best film for long night exposures is expired kodacrome 64. I love using the film that is a least two years past its expiration date. If you can't get it expired than keep it as warm as possible without heating it to the point of fogging. I put it behind a freezer that I have in a closet, a contant 95 degrees.
Velvia my favorite film develops green skies at longer than 10 second exposures. Avoid at all cost any print film. |
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08/07/2005 07:25:08 PM · #5 |
I've never heard that before, Hyperfocal. What's the difference between expired film and regular film? Does that reduce the green caste like you see in Velvia in long night exposures?
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08/07/2005 07:39:57 PM · #6 |
velvia 50 is a great film, and the new velvia 100 is supposed to be almost identical (not velvia 100f, which is not as saturated). Also provia 100f is decent, but I would sa velvia 50, unless you can score the new velvia 100 (again, not 100f). the extra stop would help ya for the night exposures.
Avoid print film though like mentioned before (unless shooting portraits fuji nps is good) |
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08/07/2005 07:50:40 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by PhilipDyer:
I've never heard that before, Hyperfocal. What's the difference between expired film and regular film? Does that reduce the green caste like you see in Velvia in long night exposures? |
The expired film only applies to kodachrome 64. Fresh kodachrome 64 goes magentaish when it suffers from reciprocity effects. The dated film goes to a brilliant dark blue that actually looks very natural for sky. Of course the film is not as accurate with tones if exposed in its natural exposure range.
Veliva really goes green for exposures over about 15 seconds.
example kodacrome 64 ~ 2 1/2 hours @ 5.6
example Velvia 37 minutes @ f4
Edit to fix links
Message edited by author 2005-08-07 19:57:23. |
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08/07/2005 09:00:36 PM · #8 |
Thanks for the examples, Steven. I had no idea it made that much difference on long exposures. If you could just combine new Kodachrome 64 and Velvia films, you'd be fine and wouldn't have to store your film behind a freezer in a closet. :-)
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08/07/2005 09:01:43 PM · #9 |
thats a cool comparison to see. ive tried a few shots with velvia but they didnt turn out that green looking, but im gonna try the kodachrome
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