Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/20
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At 10:36 AM -0800 2/20/04, Adam Bridge wrote:
>I accidently shot a roll of Portra 160 underexposed by, well, how to say this
>without looking really stupid...nope, there's no way....oh well....
>THREE STOPS.
>
>Is it even worth trying to get images off this film?
>
>Thanks
>
>Adam
You might as well develop it, but the chances of getting much off it
are pretty slim. Three stops over works fine, although not ideal.
One stop under is usually the extreme limit. Pushing doesn't do much
for the darker areas, and three stops under means most of the image
is 'darker areas'.
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