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Correct Exposure

Why do we have to expose the film or CCD sensor correctly? - Working with Negative film


When a film is under or over exposed and then processed normally, the negative becomes hard to print. This is because the optimum density of the negative which ideally contains a dynamic tonal scale is only produced when the film has been exposed correctly and correctly developed.

 

Thin or under exposed negative - lacks adequate contrast Thick or over exposed negative - Loses information in the highlights and gains contrast. Correctly exposed negative - rich texture in the mid tones

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