I've been shooting film for 30 years, have rarely shot above 160 ASA, and never above 400 ASA. I have been invited to a recording session for Tuesday and Wednesday of next week and will be shooting it with a Hasselblad. Maximum aperture on lenses is f/4.0, will try for 5.6-8.0. I plan to mix ambient stage lighting (banks of 500W PAR 64's) with strobes on 160 & 400.
In the unlikely event that strobes will be forbidden, not to mention the "Ka-fwap" of the camera, I will need the extra speed of 800 ASA. I assume the standard color correction gels will apply (Tungsten & Fluorescent, etc) but beyond that I am clueless.
I bought 2 pro-packs each of the Kodak and Fuji 800 and wonder how far I can push this stuff before hitting the "garbage" threshold (very high contrast & mosaic like grain)? Is one better than the other for push processing? Does one have a higher threshold than the other.
I'm pretty set in my ways and hope that I can avoid using the 800 for the whole session, but would enjoy trying something new (where it doesn't count).
In the unlikely event that strobes will be forbidden, not to mention the "Ka-fwap" of the camera, I will need the extra speed of 800 ASA. I assume the standard color correction gels will apply (Tungsten & Fluorescent, etc) but beyond that I am clueless.
I bought 2 pro-packs each of the Kodak and Fuji 800 and wonder how far I can push this stuff before hitting the "garbage" threshold (very high contrast & mosaic like grain)? Is one better than the other for push processing? Does one have a higher threshold than the other.
I'm pretty set in my ways and hope that I can avoid using the 800 for the whole session, but would enjoy trying something new (where it doesn't count).