Push/no [push?

[reidfish]

Hi guys, can anyone tell me how to set up my camera to 'push' a film?

I mean, I understand it is in the developing - develop it a bit more, stuff gets lighter.

BUT, in practicality, does this simply mean that I should set my Nikonos V to 200 film when I am using 100 film and continue as I would normally, and just tell the film developers to push it 1 step?

thanks

 

[DiverD]

Hi guys, can anyone tell me how to set up my camera to 'push' a film?

I mean, I understand it is in the developing - develop it a bit more, stuff gets lighter.

BUT, in practicality, does this simply mean that I should set my Nikonos V to 200 film when I am using 100 film and continue as I would normally, and just tell the film developers to push it 1 step?

I don't understand the term "push" but I'm not too hip on 35mm photo. I'm more reproduction photo. Is this a standard 35mm trick?

Overdeveloping will "burn" or "bump" the photo. Is this the "push?"

 

[Bill]

I haven't done it for 30 years. For ektachrome? 160 the standard 'push' was to 400. By doing your own slides, you could get a very nice grain at 1000. Never could find a filter to get a good color balance tho. Heck you can probably buy film fast enough now.
I think you should try to talk to the person that will develop the film. Some films are better than others and there used to be standard processing available.
Bill

 

[Cliff Etzel]

Originally posted by reidfish
Hi guys, can anyone tell me how to set up my camera to 'push' a film?

I mean, I understand it is in the developing - develop it a bit more, stuff gets lighter.

BUT, in practicality, does this simply mean that I should set my Nikonos V to 200 film when I am using 100 film and continue as I would normally, and just tell the film developers to push it 1 step?

thanks

That's exactly what you tell them - push one stop development - usually costa little extra though - depending on the film and development, you do lose some quality - Dmax tends to fall a tad, but isn't nearly as bad as if it were a 2 stop push.

I myself quit shooting film 3 years ago and haven't regretted it - well, almost . I moved to a couple of Olympus consumer digital cameras in housings and have found the results to be equal - but I have been shooting for over 20 years, so certain skills I developed were easily transferred over to shooting digital. The only negative aspect right now is the shutter lag - I have had to really develop my skills in anticipating the shot and depressing the shutter before the actual photo I want takes place. Takes some practice, but I only miss shooting film in large format now (aka - Zone System B/W, 4x5 field camera, etc)

 

[reidfish]

Thanks Cliff.
Hell, there I was all keen for a great weekend, and it's been blowing strongly from the east every weekend day for a month now! It's driving me absolutely nuts.

Will see how it works out when I do try it. I think the digital lag would drive me more bonkers than the rough water, so I'll stick with what I've got for now I think.