Although I shot some negative film many years ago, I'm really just beginning to learn about it now, so please cut me a little slack with what I'm sure will seem like silly questions to you experienced folks
I'm embarking on a period of film photography using - by choice - very simple, limited equipment, and a commercial lab for developing and scanning. After much deliberation over film choice I've settled on Fomapan Creative 200, which I believe should be suitable for my needs given my location and range of daytime weather we experience. However, something in the film's promotional info has me a little confused...
From Foma's website:
Quote: FOMAPAN 200 Creative is panchromatically sensitized, black and white negative film of the speed ISO 200/24°. It is the film of new generation, making full use of outstanding properties of hexagonal core/shell tabular silver halide grains. The film features exellent resolving power and low granularity and is intended for use under normal or slightly unfavourable light conditions. Its wide exposure latitude allows exposures in the speed range from ISO 100/21° to 800/30° without change of development time. The film is available in roll film 120, sheet films, perforated 35 mm films including long length rolls.
Here come the silly questions:
1) Does the highlighted text above suggest I can under-expose up to one stop (ISO 100) or over-expose up to two stops (ISO 800) - all on the same roll - and the film will render useable negatives without pushing or pulling in development?
2) I'll obviously end up with a range of correctly-, under- and over-exposed images on the same film. Will the lab auto-correct for this when scanning the negatives?
3) If I should need to shoot a roll in lower light than the ISO 100 - 800 range allows with my camera's shutter and aperture combinations, can I treat the film as if it were ISO 400 and ask the lab to push by one stop in development? If so, will I still have four stops of latitude to work with when shooting, or will that reduce when pushing?
I have a strong feeling that I've not understood this correctly, and look forward to any educative replies.
Thanks in advance
Last edited by BigMackCam; 09-10-2021 at 09:51 AM.