johnielvis
12-26-2012, 06:49 AM
results for tungsten lights--using three par 30 halogen 75w lights (standard home track lights):
MORE apparent CONTRAST and a MUCH MUCH more "red insensitive" look to it. Somehow the "redder" tungsten lights gave a result that looked like it was lit with "less red" light--there was a red ball in both the strobe and the tungsten pics--the strobes made it look grey--kind of darker than shaded, but grey. The tungsten made it BLACK!
Also--SPEED DECREASE OF ONE MORE STOP OVER STROBES--speed needs one more stop--the similar exposure to get the same skintone was ei=0.5. These were 10 second exposures at f2.8.
Regular hot lights would give a much more favable exposure and may be better than strobes to give a more "wetplate look" to it. Time to fire up the high wattage hotlights up close and see what the best exposure time can be had....
All in all, the contrast range looks fine--there is no "contrast taming" needed--just sufficient light. The only thing that makes film superior is the faster speed.
If SOMEBODY would just come up with that source for the photobooth "super speed" paper designed for direct reversal, we would all be better off.
It's been said that Slavich makes this stuff but nobody seems to know--the photobooth people are not helpful--somehow fearful that their business will be ruined if they let out their supplier. Does anybody know where the photobooth people get their paper--The photobooth people will sell their paper but they only get it in 1.5" strips and they are not reeptive to special ordering....
MORE apparent CONTRAST and a MUCH MUCH more "red insensitive" look to it. Somehow the "redder" tungsten lights gave a result that looked like it was lit with "less red" light--there was a red ball in both the strobe and the tungsten pics--the strobes made it look grey--kind of darker than shaded, but grey. The tungsten made it BLACK!
Also--SPEED DECREASE OF ONE MORE STOP OVER STROBES--speed needs one more stop--the similar exposure to get the same skintone was ei=0.5. These were 10 second exposures at f2.8.
Regular hot lights would give a much more favable exposure and may be better than strobes to give a more "wetplate look" to it. Time to fire up the high wattage hotlights up close and see what the best exposure time can be had....
All in all, the contrast range looks fine--there is no "contrast taming" needed--just sufficient light. The only thing that makes film superior is the faster speed.
If SOMEBODY would just come up with that source for the photobooth "super speed" paper designed for direct reversal, we would all be better off.
It's been said that Slavich makes this stuff but nobody seems to know--the photobooth people are not helpful--somehow fearful that their business will be ruined if they let out their supplier. Does anybody know where the photobooth people get their paper--The photobooth people will sell their paper but they only get it in 1.5" strips and they are not reeptive to special ordering....