P3D Re: Notorious Fuji?

["Dr. George A. Themelis" <DrT-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gary Nored, got your suit on? :-)

>For further confirmation of this figure, check out a few nature photography
>magaines. The most common spped figure you will see there is ISO 40. This
>represents a 1/3rd stop underexposure from the 32 speed I recommend as a
>starting point; nature photographers routinely "underexpose" pictures in
>this manner to improve the color saturation.

As a life-member of the "Bracket Full Stops" club (Gary Schacker President)
I often wonder about these things... 32 to 40, 40 to 50... these are 
1/6th f-stop increments.  Are we playing with numbers here?
    
>Fuji isn't playing with the numbers ... but a single number cannot
>adequately describe a film's behavior to the full range of tones we
>experience in a finished photograph. You have to experiment and then
>practice using an emulsion to determine ratings that are useful for your
>equipment, your photographic habits, and your preferences.

OK, you can take the suit off now... I could not agree more.

George


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