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Re: [OM] velvia exposure

Subject: Re: [OM] velvia exposure
From: "John A. Lind" <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 19:40:15 -0500
At 02:14 PM 7/21/03, you wrote:
With Velvia, if one can't get it exactly right, which is better - a little
overexposed or a little underexposed?

Erring with a little underexposed is the general advice with transparency films. However, it does tend to increase saturation some, which Velvia will do plenty of. With ISO 50 Velvia, many shoot it at EI 40 (1/3rd stop over) and knocks down the saturation a little (among other reasons for doing this). If you adjust the EI for overexposure, do it carefully. Overexposure creates thinner trannies (just as underexposure creates thinner negatives). Too "thin" is The Bad Thing, whether it's transparency or negative.

-- John


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