Topic: Wondering about overexposure...

[Steven.]

I normally overexpose all my color neg film by at least 1/2 a stop but i was wondering if Fuji Superia 800 could take a 3 stop overexposure. I normally overexpose Fuji Pro 400 by 2 stops so does anyone know how it might turn out? I have about 5 rolls that were exposed at 100 by accident and was wondering if i could just have it developed as normal.

[Photo_Utopia]

How much it's over depends on your metering and lighting conditions. If it were me I'd just develop, C41 is forgiving and it'll be hard unless you develop your own to find a lab that can 'pull' the film. If you develop your own you'll know that the standard time is 3:15 every 20 seconds will be about a stop leaving you with the danger of process inconsistencies and flat results.

Just process it and you'll be fine, you may have a small colour cast (normally cyan) especially in the highlights which you can filter out, or if you scan on a flatbed it'll be a little harder to get good results. Also overexposing can reduce sharpness and flatten colours.
Try just one roll of the five, see what happens.
Good luck!

Mark Antony

[Francois]

Three stops might be a bit much for negative film which usually has a 5 to 7 stop range. If you pull the film speed by that much, you'll be riding on the edge of what the film can do... that is if it's fresh.

I know I've exposed expired 800 film at EI400 without much of an issue. But that was only a one stop pull.

In your case, it means that the 800 film would be exposed as if it were 100 ISO... I'm pretty sure it will mostly be blown out with some bright pastel patches showing through.

[Steven.]

Thanks for the replies guys. I have to mail the film which is why I didn't want to develop one roll as a test but I think I'll just send it all in and see how it comes out. They're all snapshots basically but I would hate to see all the shots be ruined haha. I don't mind if there are slight color shifts so I'll try it thanks.