Long Exposures with film

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I'm off on holiday in a couple of weeks to Western Australia. That means lots of night skys with little light pollution. I plan on taking a lot of night shots with the DSLR and was thinking I may try a few with the film camera as well.

I currently have some Provia 100, Velvia 100, Tmax 100 and 400... I'm guessing not the best film to be using but I'm not going to buy any more at the moment.

I did try one long exposure last november and it turned out abysmally. Any tips and which would be the best film to use? I understand about reciprical failure and just about understand how to use the charts that come with film but any more useful info would be good before I waste a load of film. :lol:
 
Fuji acros 100 is the stuff you need for long exposures, very sensible reciprocal adjustments.
 
Don't under-estimate the light pollution from Perth; you might need to be at least an hours drive from Perth, and then a few miles sideways off the main road on a dirt track, before it gets properly dark. But if you go, say, 3 hours out in the bush and then sleep on a swag under the stars, well, the word "awesome" suddenly has some meaning!
 
depends on what you mean by long exposure. Ive used Ilford Delta 100 a lot for still lifes and usually do 30s exposures and they look fine. Cant really comment on colour.
 
Thanks steveo, I'll have a look into that film, although I don't really want to buy any more at the moment (already have about 12-15 rolls).

Chris, I'm heading up the west coast, not just Perth. There should be plenty of places to stop and get no light pollution.

By long exposure I mean a few hours to get startrails. I currently do it by stacking with my DSLR so it would be interesting to play with film and do it all in one go. I will probably try much shorter ones as well though.
 
Out of those I would probably lean towards Provia as I understand it to be the better slide film for long exposures (haven't done anything more than 30 seconds personally). Velvia may be interesting but I would expect some crazy colour shifts.
 
I'd expect very strong casts from most colour films after a few minutes.
 
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