Hi Folks,
I have been playing with underexposing my brand new *replacement* Phase One back.
It actually tolerates extreme underexposure pretty well. I've recovered imagery from what the camera meter said was 6 stops under at ISO 400 (!) although I'd rate it at 3-4 stops under only.
Although indications are one can go pretty far down and have usable pictures, it would seem that ISO 1600 is better reached by underexposing ISO 100 than by underexposing from ISO 400.
Am I reading this right ? Your thoughts on the matter would be appreciated.
I like push and underexposure, it's a creative choice. I think I do realize that images taken at ISO 3200 with a dialed down 2400 degree K halogen light will not compete with ISO 50 captures taken with studio flash, but somewhere in between comes the idea of shooting with modeling lights only ...
When I was a kid I would push, push, push my self-loaded HP3 film, and you know what thet say about the difference between men and boys
I learnt photography using antique travel compact view cameras intended for glass plates -I had a supply of such cameras, and replacement film holders, contact frames, and no enlarger- and somehow the "look" of MF brings me back to those days
Edmund