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alexw
Guest
Mr. Mullen, I saw that in a previous post you discussed that when old film is exposed the blacks can go blueish or muddy and to compensate for that it is recommended that you over expose a stop or so. Does this over exposure serve merely to compensate for the degeneration of the film sensitivity hence rendering the blacks as they would be if the film were fresh (more or less)? Or, does the over exposure actually add the extra density to the negative similar to that of over exposing fresh film and it is only the added density that puts the black back into the blacks? I ask because I have a re-can that has been in my fridge for 9ish months now and I'm wondering if it still worth shooting (I loaded it and re-canned it myself so I know so I know that it has not mistreated). Why I ask about the over exposure is that I want to shoot a soft, low contrast scene and was planning on over exposing a stop then pulling a stop. The film is old so the over exposure part fits but I was wondering if you knew (or at least had a good guess) if pulling the old film would reintroduce the blueish blacks or anything like that? Your words of wisdom would be much appreciated.