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Ben F
 

Velvia film and exposure


I have recently purchased a couple of rolls of Fuji Velvia 50 film because I have seen some pictures shot with it before and love the saturation in color.
Ive read that the optimal range of exposure for consistent reproduction is between 1/4000 to 1 second. and that anything from 4 seconds and beyond is a "long exposure".
So, my question is, what happens if I expose longer than 4 seconds, say 10 seconds or even 30 seconds??... Im guessing the colours would change or "shift", but is it still possible to get a good picture??
The reason I ask is I love taking low light/night photos ie need long exposure, and im wondering if its possible at all with velvia.
One other quick question...
I am just wondering if anyone knows a website or anything that has exposure/aperture values for different ISO films eg 50, 100, etc for different conditions.. eg cityscape at night f16/30secs?

Thanks HEAPS in advance :)))p


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August 14, 2004

 

Jon Close
  From Fuji's website: Velvia 50 Data Sheet. Page 3, Section 5. Long Exposure Compensation gives recommendations for reciprocity error, including filters to compensate for color shift.

But since Velvia gives somewhat exaggerated and "unnatural" colors anyway, you might like the results without correcting filters.


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