Alex Konveski
New member
How much leeway do I have with negative film, specifically in the highlights? During my first semester at school, one of my class projects was a 3-5 minute short on black and white reversal shot with a Bolex.
When I got my film back from the lab I had a lot of shots that were ruined because my background had either blown out from the sun or my dark areas in the frame were underexposed. Of course through more practice and study I learned reversal has a very small latitude compared to that of color negative.
My final project for the year is again on the bolex though this time with color negative. I'm using the new daylight stock outside and the 500 for a few interior scenes.
Will I have enough latitude in a wide with a background that is 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 stops over outside? Or will it blow out?
My second questions is what the grain is like on the 500 stock. First year packages from school are a tweenie and arri kit (1k softbox and 2 350s). Being that I don't have a lot of light I went with the faster stock. The kodak video of vision 3 on their website looks great with very little grain.
Thank You
Alex Kon
Petaluma, CA
When I got my film back from the lab I had a lot of shots that were ruined because my background had either blown out from the sun or my dark areas in the frame were underexposed. Of course through more practice and study I learned reversal has a very small latitude compared to that of color negative.
My final project for the year is again on the bolex though this time with color negative. I'm using the new daylight stock outside and the 500 for a few interior scenes.
Will I have enough latitude in a wide with a background that is 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 stops over outside? Or will it blow out?
My second questions is what the grain is like on the 500 stock. First year packages from school are a tweenie and arri kit (1k softbox and 2 350s). Being that I don't have a lot of light I went with the faster stock. The kodak video of vision 3 on their website looks great with very little grain.
Thank You
Alex Kon
Petaluma, CA