Type of film

Does it really make a difference in your pictures if you use high
definition film over regular 400 speed film?

Kacey wrote:
Does it really make a difference in your pictures if you use high
definition film over regular 400 speed film?

Regular ISO 400 print film is pretty bad.
A good low speed slide film that is scanned with produce an image with
much more detail and a lot less noise (grain) then consumer print film.

Scott

Kacey:
Does it really make a difference in your pictures if you use high
definition film over regular 400 speed film?

Depends on what your "regular 400 speed film" is. With Fuji CN I got
reasonable results up to A4, but the difference in color saturation and
sharpness to a good 100 speed film certainly shows. If you want to blow
it up bigger than A4, better forget it.

On 6x4 inch there isn't much of a difference to notice of course, as
long as the exposure is correct. The 400 speed film is usually a lot
more sensitive to underexposure.

400 speed slide film is pretty pathetic, imho. But then again I am a
fan of Velvia 50.

Thomas

Simon Stanmore wrote:
"Kacey" wrote in message
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Does it really make a difference in your pictures if you use high
definition film over regular 400 speed film?

It makes a difference but not a difference worth making for the very vast
majority of photo's
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Maybe 400 print film has gotten better but what I have seen has been
really bad.

Scott

"Kacey" wrote in message
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Does it really make a difference in your pictures if you use high
definition film over regular 400 speed film?

It makes a difference but not a difference worth making for the very vast
majority of photo's
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Simon
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"Scott W" wrote in message
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Simon Stanmore wrote:
"Kacey" wrote in message
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Does it really make a difference in your pictures if you use high
definition film over regular 400 speed film?

It makes a difference but not a difference worth making for the very vast
majority of photo's
--

Maybe 400 print film has gotten better but what I have seen has been
really bad.

Scott

It's was OK when I first used it 8-9 years ago. It's only really bad if you
capture, process and/or print really badly. In terms of quality prints I
think there's very little that can't be done well with 400ISO print film.
Examples: http://www.pbase.com/stanmore/image/21561023 &
http://www.pbase.com/stanmore/image/21904989 are both from the same roll of
400ISO colour print film and were taken in the late 90's. The backlit street
scene won a fairly major competition few years back as a 16"x12" print.
Considering it was a 35mm neg' scan printed digitally then isn't the quality
good enough for most print purposes, most of the time?
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Simon
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"That_Rich" wrote in message
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On Sat, 1 Apr 2006 22:45:16 -0000, "Simon Stanmore"
wrote:



It makes a difference but not a difference worth making for the very vast
majority of photo's

Agreed.
How's it goin Simon.
Like your web stuff except for one little complaint... I'd like to see
more photos.

Excelsior!

RP©

All good thanks Rich.
Rule No.1 for portfolios: Fifty great photo's is not enough but five poor
photo's is five too many!
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Kacey wrote:

Does it really make a difference in your pictures if you use high
definition film over regular 400 speed film?


Not as much as what goes on behind the viewfinder will. Sllightly less
grain in the image perhaps.

Kacey wrote:

Does it really make a difference in your pictures if you use high
definition film over regular 400 speed film?


FWIW, I think "high definition" IS Kodak's new regular 400 speed film.
Haven't seen the old stuff since they came out with it.

"Kacey" writes:

Does it really make a difference in your pictures if you use high
definition film over regular 400 speed film?

The concept that 400 speed film is "regular" is quite weird to me.
You use 400 speed film *only* if the condition requires it, because
the results are considerably less good than "regular" film at 100 (or
125). Or fine-grain film at around 25 or 32.

Which kinda answers your question.

400 speed negative film these days is much better than 400 speed slide
film was 20 years ago, anyway.
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