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Romen Vargas
 

Films


Nice and easy one: Whats the difference and when would I want to use the following types of films:
1. Colour Negative (the only film I've used)
2. Colour Reversal
3. Colour Slide
4. Infrared (I know what this does but when would I wanna use it?)

I also have a Canon Eos300/Rebel2000... which of the above films will I be able to use in my camera?

Thanks


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May 25, 2000

 

John A. Lind
  Romen,
You can use them all, except perhaps the IR. If your EOS uses any IR internally to read the DX coding on the film canister, you can't use the IR film.

Color reversal and color slide are the same thing. Actually a "slide" is technically a "transparency" mounted in a frame for projection and "reversal" is the process used to make a transparency. In popular use, all three mean the same thing.

Slide film will be more finicky about exposure accuracy. It's latitude (difference between light level that comes out pure white and light level that comes out pure black) is narrower than for negative. This is what makes using transparency film more difficult. OTOH, images made with color transparency films are typically full of color. This is why most professional scenic, architectural and landscape photographers use it.

Try something of each and see what you like, and research your camera body about the internal IR issue before trying IR film.


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August 02, 2000

 
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