How can you say that Wheatfield Willie is right? That C41 can't be pushed? I've just carried out a well controlled experiment and the results show unequivocally that it can be pushed quite nicely. Take a look.
http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/hold/index.htm Don Dr E D F Williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery Updated: March 30, 2002 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Tainter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 4:36 AM Subject: Re: Push Processing Film > I found this, however, on the Kodak web site: > > > > "With longer development times, such as those used in push processing, EI > > values actually do increase, but only slightly. Underexpose a film by two > > stops and give it a two-stop push, and the real film speed will typically > > increase by perhaps a half stop. This means that the film is really > > underexposed by only 1 ½ stops, not two stops. But it is underexposed. " > > > Wheatfield Willie's been saying for some time that you can't push C-41. > I guess maybe he's right. Now I've definitively learned something. > > E-6 can be pushed. If you take an ISO 100 transparency film and push it > two stops, some people prefer 320, others 400. It also varies by film. I > guess the 320 would give better shadow detail, which is decreased in > pushing because contrast increases. > > Joe > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
