Interested in Medium Format

[venchka]

Melissa,

I understand. There's nothing in the chemicals that can get out of a properly sealed storage bottle that will harm you or your apartment. Look forward to the day when you can proudly say, "I did it all by myself."

[mmuhlenkamp]

Someday, baby steps though... if one of you guys lived closer I'd ask for you to show me your process, it would be nice to not have to wait 2 weeks on Walmart to send out my film and develop it.

[mmuhlenkamp]

Ok, finally got back my first roll of film. I tended to overexpose, but I'm surprised at how much detail I was still able to recover. I think I figured out how much to advance the film now too. I'm going to try a black and white roll next.

[KJ Smith]

Are you using a hand held meter, or estimating?

Keep in mind the f16 rule.

I will mention that the f16 rule has always run a little hot for me.

Over exposure is better that under exposure, on print film.

They look good. You should be able to darken them after you scan them.

[crackhead]

overexposing by +1/2 to +2/3 stop then toning down in post is a good method. You can get some really good saturation this way. Be careful with some films though, you get crossed color curves and muddy skies that don't correct very will