I would shoot at 250. That's going to give you a margin of error. I
think that even 200 would be okay for flowers, which might benefit from
a bit of extra contrast. Most films seem to be rated high, even the
transparency stocks.
Paul
> > -----Original Message-----
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> >
> >
> > So, I dropped of the roll for processing thinking I'd have a great
> > demonstration. Between the exposure latitude of 400UC and
> > the magic of the
> > Fuji Frontier, I had 10 "acceptable" shots and two fairly
> > bad ones. Frankly,
> > if you didn't take some time to examine the 4 or 5 in the
> > middle, you couldn't
> > see much difference. The two on the underexposed end are
> > pretty bad. But the
> > remainder are all at least usable. -1 through +2 are really good.
> >
> > If I just handed you the 12 prints and told you to put them
> > in order, it would
> > take you a while.
> >
> > Just for grins, I re-scanned the negs myself. +1 through -1
> > came out just
> > fine. +4 through -3 looked pretty usable. Of the whole
> > set, -5 and -6 were
> > the only ones the really looked like you couldn't pull
> > something out of the
> > shadows or correct the color to something believable.
>
> The underexposure I experienced was slight. All the shots were usable,
> there was just a slight bit of muddiness.
>
> I bought a few more rolls today for a flower shoot I have tomorrow.
> I'll probably shoot it at 250.
>
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