At 02:02 1/11/02, Doro wrote:
A friend of mine (pro photographer) advised me to do so - apparently on
200 contrast and brilliance (which is of course *really amazing when seen
with slide projector) gets a little weak. Of course this might be nice
sometimes too. I must say I'm very surprised and pleased with the OM4Ti
light measuring. I mostly even do get better results without any exp.
correction, spot metering and so on.
Excellent results. I've been very happy with Scala 200X also. I've never
seen it pushed (used it only at ISO 200), but have been told it performs
well pushed up to two stops, and pulled by up to one stop (contrast
decrease). You might try shooting it at ISO 200 with a yellow, orange or
red filter to see how that increases contrast (subject dependent).
With a medium yellow filter outdoors (the one with a red lightened the barn
too much):
http://johnlind.tripod.com/zi/gallery/contax18.html
[the red filter lightened the barn too much; wish I'd had an orange; I
do now!]
With a pale blue filter (to create an orthochromatic effect):
http://johnlind.tripod.com/zi/gallery/contax19.html
With no filters in a studio under strobes:
http://johnlind.tripod.com/zi/gallery/contax21.html
http://johnlind.tripod.com/zi/gallery/contax22.html
[the black background and her white blouse still have some detail!]
My observations at ISO 200:
Less latitude than Tri-X, but noticeably more than color chromes. Good
tonal gradation, again not quite up to Tri-X, but IMO better than
TMax. Doesn't go muddy on mid-tones. At ISO 200 its granularity and
resolution in use (system MTF) is very nearly that of the ISO 100
Ektachromes and better than the ISO 160/200 Ektachromes.
I'm planning on using more of it outdoors this winter on specific subject
material with an orange filter if the weather I would like presents itself
(full snow cover and blue sky with cumulus clouds).
-- John
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