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[OM] Re: ilford xp2 super 400 asa or 100 asa?

Subject: [OM] Re: ilford xp2 super 400 asa or 100 asa?
From: <bs.pearce@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 14:56:42 -0500
400.
Bill Pearce
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From: "ScottGee1" <scottgee1@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 9:50 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: ilford xp2 super 400 asa or 100 asa?


>
> Anybody happen to know the default ISO on the bar code on the 35mm
> film cassettes?
>
> I've thought of using chromogenic in a couple of my P&S cams but they
> don't allow manual adjustments so exposure can't be easily controlled.
>
> TIA!/ScottGee1
>
> On 7/18/05, bs.pearce@xxxxxxx <bs.pearce@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>> yes, XP2 is tolerant of overexposure. Of course, so is most any C41 film.
>> Most people find that a bit of overexposure of color negative films 
>> produces
>> a noticable rediction in grain. Unlike color films, however, there is one
>> pitfall...
>>
>> As long as you are shooting just for scanning, you will be fine. If you 
>> plan
>> to make traditional wet prints, however, you could be in deep dektol. As 
>> you
>> overexpose XP2, the results become flatter and flatter. Although the
>> negatives will appear normal, it will take at least one, and likely two
>> grades higher to print.
>>
>> It's a fine film. It just requires a bit of experience. But that can be 
>> said
>> of most any film.
>>
>> Bill Pearce
>>
>>
>>
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