Topic: Film and how exposure affects it

[cs1]

Nothing surprising here but still an interesting article for those (re-)entering the film world: How exposure affects film. I like the series with different exposures. It gives one a nice idea what shots might look light at different stops of over- or underexposure.

[Faintandfuzzy]

When I was photographing weddings, I used Fuji Pro 400H.  I used centre weighted and exposed the film at 125 iso, while metering for the shadows under the skin.  Compared to matrix, this is about a 2.5 to 3 stop rating of the film...so around iso 50.  This made sure the skin tones were superb.  Grain was reduced, and acutance actually fell....which is great for skin.

[cs1]

I like to overexpose Ilford XP2 two stops (EI 100) every time I use it. I sometimes wonder why this film has a box speed of 400. This doesn't mean that I'd overexpose per se but the XP2 (in my personal view) works much better at EI 100 in most situations I encountered so far.

[Late Developer]

I usually shoot 400 film at 200 - sometimes 320.  One stop under seems to work best for me.  I'm pretty sure that most film, 400 and above, is not up to box speed.

[Francois]

You mean 1 stop over exposed and slightly under developed