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I am just away to start my final project a uni and will be shooting sea and landscapes using long exposures. I quite fancy shooting film at the same time to make a comparison between the two mediums and use it as an opportunity to further my research in reciprocity etc.

May I ask for film recommendations? My digital kit is Nikon and I have a Nikon F 50 which would allow me to use my lenses and filters. I looked for Nikon medium format but concluded that was a non starter.
 
If you have an F50 and can use the same lenses then surely your best bet would be to use that? If there's one thing i learned from GCSE Sciences, it's that when conducting an experiment you want to control as many dependent variables as possible. If the independent is the recording medium then you can shoot exactly the same scene through exactly the same lens at the same ISO, shutter speed, whatever. Then you can be more certain that any results you get are down to the one variable you did want to change.

And if i'm honest, the actual film body (within reason) doesn't have much of an effect on the quality of the image. If anything you should be asking what films to use.

There's also the matter of developing and scanning (unless you were to enlarge the film like a boss and compare it to a digital print... ;)) that you should take into account...
 
Yes the constants are fine. I was thinking of the argument of medium format against full frame digital. It's not an important requirement of my project but I feel it would be a worthwhile addition to it
I can however align the frames side by side and let the viewer make their own mind up. It will also be interesting to see the effects of long exposures on film compared to digital.
 
Are you looking to shoot b&w or colour? For b&w, Fuji Acros 100 holds up very well, I am told, to reciprocity failure and says you don't need to make any exposure adjustments for shots lasting up to 2 minutes.I think there is much more info on the fuji site regarding compensation needed at longer times.

Good luck it will be interesting to see the results.
 
medwaygreen said:
Are you looking to shoot b&w or colour? For b&w, Fuji Acros 100 holds up very well, I am told, to reciprocity failure and says you don't need to make any exposure adjustments for shots lasting up to 2 minutes.I think there is much more info on the fuji site regarding compensation needed at longer times.

Good luck it will be interesting to see the results.
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I think colour would be my first choice, thanks for the tip bout the fuji site.
 
alpina said:
I think colour would be my first choice, thanks for the tip bout the fuji site.
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Well try 35mm Fuji superia 200 asa first.....it's quite cheap and VG general purpose film :thumbs:
 
excalibur2 said:
Well try 35mm Fuji superia 200 asa first.....it's quite cheap and VG general purpose film :thumbs:
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Thanks, will go look for some
 
Amazon had a market place seller selling 5 x 36 roll multipacks of superia 200 for just under £12 free delivery a week or so ago, worth a quick search to see if it's still available.
 
squishy said:
Amazon had a market place seller selling 5 x 36 roll multipacks of superia 200 for just under £12 free delivery a week or so ago, worth a quick search to see if it's still available.
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Got one :) thanks for the heads up
 
Fuji Propvia 100F would be my choice. Fuji say no reciprocity adjustment is necessary for speeds between 128 seconds and 1/4000th. I've personally given exposures of well over 3 minutes with this film with no adjustment and the results were fine.

There are those who say reciprocity failure is negligible beyond this - even up to about 6 minutes and then it's almost nothing - around a tenth of a stop. I can't personally vouch for that though.
 
alpina said:
Yes the constants are fine. I was thinking of the argument of medium format against full frame digital. It's not an important requirement of my project but I feel it would be a worthwhile addition to it
I can however align the frames side by side and let the viewer make their own mind up. It will also be interesting to see the effects of long exposures on film compared to digital.
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I think full frame digital v 35mm film which is of course full frame too, which is where FF digital gets its name obviously, is the best like for like comparison you could do, it at least removes from the equation differences in physical size.
Unfortunately you are going to disadvantage film by forcing it to compete as a digital file, but that would still be true whatever format of film you used.
There are some things you can compare easily and some things will be difficult to evaluate when you try to factor for scanner deficiencies.

:)

oh....and Velvia 100F, no technicals, simply cos its lovely..:lol:
 
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