I always carry my Kodak Master Photoguide. A 4x5" booklet of invaluable information and nearly indestructible! The one I'm looking at now was released in 1966. Shows Kodak Super-XX Pan as being rated ASA 200. However, based on your certainty, I hied back to my copy of The Retina Way, published 1953. It says Super-XX pan as being rated at B.S.I. Daylight 31°, which works out to ASA 100, approximately. Somewhere in between 1953 (Korean war period) and 1966, the speed was doubled. I interpret "back then" as being 1953, when DDD took all his photos, and it was indeed ASA 100!
So, he didn't follow any "Sunny. . ." anything. ASA 100, speed 200, aperture f/11.0. EV 15. A dead center exposure for hazy or bright sun, lotsa latitude. graywolf wrote: > > Not even that Keith, as Super-XX was rated 100ASA back then. Those were the days > before they removed the "safety factor" from the rating back in 1959. > > The removal of that safety factor is why I always recommend using Sunny F/11 > nowadays. Interestingly, all the amateur films had the film indexs doubled in > 1959, while Plus-X Pro and Tri-X Pro had them raised from 80 to 125, and 200 to > 320 respectively. Whatever the difference now, back then the only difference > between the pro films and the amateur films was the pro films had a retouching > surface on the base side. Everyone nowadays claims they are completely different > emulsions, I doubt that though. > > My little Kodak Pocket Photoguides one from 2001 and the other from 1956 clearly > show the difference in ASA ratings though it shows the current Plus-X as being > 125 for both versions. There were no changes made to the film in 1959, just a > rerating of the same emulsions. > > I had recommended that little Kodak Pocket Photoguide here on the list quite > awhile back, and several folks had indicated they had gotten one. Tells you all > kinds of things about day to day photography we often have problems remembering. > There is a niffy Daylight Exposure Dial in it in case you for get your meter or > it goes on the blink. It also has a dial that recommends exposures for all thos > things folks are always asking about on the list like fireworks and lightning as > well as the more humdrum interior shots. It is a handy thing to have in the > gadget bag. A $15 substitute for a $200 exposure meter. > > -- I agree. I wouldn't want to try to get along without mine. <g> I usually have my old Sekonic Studio selenium meter with me, as well, somewhere in my kit. No batteries needed for either one - just a working brain. A serious enough requirement by itself! keith > Keith Whaley wrote: > > > I love it! > > I think I'll get a copy of This is War! > > > > I'm impressed! > > Use the old hoary Sunny16 rule, 1/200 sec. and 200 speed film, for > > everything. The use of f/11.0 gave him a little bit of overexpoure, > > probably quite good for that sort of photography. > > Why not. > > Besides which, f/11 is usually close to if not right on the sweet spot > > for most lenses, and with only two lenses to learn the characteristics > > of. . .easy to commit to memory, and adjust plus or minus, as necessary. > > -- > graywolf > http://graywolfphoto.com
