 Kevin A. Sadowski |
Slowing Shutter For Better Color? If you slow the shutter down to.. lets say 1/250 instead of using a 1/2000 shutter, while keeping the f/5.6, will you get better color results in the print? -Thanks in advance, Kevin
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Jon Close |
The shutter speed is not really as relevant as total exposure given to the film by the combination of shutter and aperture. If you are using print film (aka negatives), especially ISO 400-800 films which have wide exposure latitude, then giving the film more exposure can increase color saturation and contrast. This may or may not result in "better color," your mileage may vary depending on personal taste and the specific film used. I wouldn't recommend more than 1 stop exposure compensation, but feel free to experiment. One stop = double the exposure, eg. a shutter speed change from 1/2000 to 1/1000 without changing the aperture, or keeping the same shutter speed and opening the aperture 1 stop from f/5.6 to f/4. Slide film (aka "positive" or "reversal") works in the opposite way, with slight underexposure giving more color saturation. Slide film has much less exposure latitude, so "fine tuning" of color saturation is usually made with just a 1/3 or 1/2 stop change - eg. change in aperture from f/5.6 to f/6.3 (-1/3 stop) or f/6.7 (-1/2 stop). Your example of changing the shutter speed from 1/2000 to 1/250 while keeping the aperture constant at f/5.6 is an increase in exposure of 3 stops (8x more exposure), which would be extreme overexposure of any film.
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doug Nelson |
What you'll have is 3 stops of overexposure. When shooting negative film, as most film shooters do, you can get more color saturation by overexposing a tad, but not by 3 stops. That much overexposure could result in a neg so dense that you couldn't put enough light through it to get a decent print.
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Kevin A. Sadowski |
Thank You!
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