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Kodak 400 UC: Can it be pushed to 800?
Anybody know if Kodak UC 400 can be pushed to 800?
Anybody tried it who would care to share their experience? |
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Kodak 400 UC: Can it be pushed to 800?
Sure, but why would you want to do that with the number of high-quality 800-speed films? And a 1-stop push won't buy
you much because UC400 can handle a 1-stop underexposure. A true 800-speed film will retain shadow detail. And the last time I pushed a C-41 film, my prints had weird color casts to them which my lab struggled to correct for. wrote: Anybody know if Kodak UC 400 can be pushed to 800? Anybody tried it who would care to share their experience? |
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Kodak 400 UC: Can it be pushed to 800?
I have not tried the 400UC but Portra 160 and 400 NC & VC films push very well.
Just add 30 seconds per stop in the first developer. Try it http://www.jonlayephotography.com |
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Kodak 400 UC: Can it be pushed to 800?
"Michael Scarpitti" wrote in message om... wrote in message . .. Anybody know if Kodak UC 400 can be pushed to 800? Anybody tried it who would care to share their experience? No. No color negative film can be pushed. No film can be pushed. It does not work. If you've chosen to use the word "push" differently than the rest of us, say so. |
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Kodak 400 UC: Can it be pushed to 800?
"Michael A. Covington" wrote in message ...
"Michael Scarpitti" wrote in message om... wrote in message . .. Anybody know if Kodak UC 400 can be pushed to 800? Anybody tried it who would care to share their experience? No. No color negative film can be pushed. No film can be pushed. It does not work. If you've chosen to use the word "push" differently than the rest of us, say so. You can underexpose film. You can develop it longer. If you underexpose the film, developing it longer will not make it as though you exposed the film correctly. Underexposure is fatal and forever. |
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Kodak 400 UC: Can it be pushed to 800?
Michael Scarpitti wrote:
: (Mr 645) wrote in message ... : I have not tried the 400UC but Portra 160 and 400 NC & VC films push very well. : Just add 30 seconds per stop in the first developer. Try it : http://www.jonlayephotography.com : No film 'pushes very well'. No film 'pushes' at all. It is a myth. : Film cannot be pushed, ever. Wrong again scarpitti. Kodak's tmax-3200 was designed to be and is a pushable film. Although I haven't checked out the specs I've heard that Ilford delta 3200 is also a truly pushable film. -- Keep working millions on welfare depend on you ------------------- |
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Kodak 400 UC: Can it be pushed to 800?
The comment: "Just add 30 seconds per stop in the first developer."
seems to refer to reversal processing. Negative processes only have one developer. Reversal films push much better than negatives. Push processing (extended development) can increase the threshold speed slightly, but the biggest effect is in density and contrast. A so-called one stop push will increase the threshold speed a small fraction of a stop. If you underexpose and extend development, you can get a gray card to reproduce with the same density as with normal conditions. There will only be one point in the tone scale that will match because the contrast will increase. The graininess will also increase. This is true for both reversal and negative films. Getting the density right is important with reversal film so pushing is often justified here. With negative film, the printing step can compensate for density changes. It is always easier to get normal processing. My choice is usually to just underexpose the film and take advantage of the latitude. There are times when the increased contrast with pushing is worth the trouble, but not that often. -- Ron Andrews http://members.hostedscripts.com/antispam.html "Frank Pittel" wrote in message ... Michael Scarpitti wrote: : (Mr 645) wrote in message ... : I have not tried the 400UC but Portra 160 and 400 NC & VC films push very well. : Just add 30 seconds per stop in the first developer. Try it : http://www.jonlayephotography.com : No film 'pushes very well'. No film 'pushes' at all. It is a myth. : Film cannot be pushed, ever. Wrong again scarpitti. Kodak's tmax-3200 was designed to be and is a pushable film. Although I haven't checked out the specs I've heard that Ilford delta 3200 is also a truly pushable film. -- Keep working millions on welfare depend on you ------------------- |
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