Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]People's grasp of what constitutes over and under exposure has been rather startling. Let's make it simple shall we? A certain amount of light is required to achieve a properly exposed film. If the film receives less light it is called under exposure. If the film receives more light it is called over exposure. Over exposed negatives are dense or dark and it is difficult to get any details in the highlights Underexposed negatives are thin or light and it is difficult to get any detail in the shadows Over exposed slides are thin or light and it is difficult to get any detail in the highlights Underexposed slides are dense or dark and it is difficult to get any details in the shadows Note that while the "look" is opposite from negative film to slide film, the effect is the same ISO 50 film is considered slow and requires a relatively large amount of light to get a good exposure ISO 3200 film is considered fast and requires relatively little light to get a good exposure So an ISO 100 film which receives the amount of light to properly expose an ISO 3200 film will be under exposed. As the film used was slide film, it will be very dark with no shadow detail. As a matter of fact, it was so far underexposed I doubt there will be any mid tone detail either. Toss the roll unless you just want to satisfy your curiosity... John Collier - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html