oopsies

[srmcnamara]

I managed to expose tmy 400 at an ei 80. I'm screwed, right?


what do I do? (I usually use D76 1:1)

 

[glbeas]

Thats a 2 stop overexposure, tmy should handle it, especially if the dev is pulled just a little. High speed films tend to have a greater exposure latitude than the slow films do.

 

[JBrunner]

No, actually, you'll be fine. Cut your development time by 30%. You'll be a little thick, but OK.

 

[Early Riser]

If the film is valuable to you, you might not want to pull process, which tends to create flat images that lack local contrast, you may want to use a developer that will still render a normal tonal range negative but also yields a slower film speed. Microdol-X might be a possible choice as it tends to be a stop slower film speed with Tmax depending on dilution and time/temp. Also Hc110 has some dilutions that are 1 to 2 stops slower and yield a normal contrast range. You can check the Massive Dev chart, http://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.html . There are other sources as well.

 

[fschifano]

Now that's the ticket. Microdol-X will generally deliver film speed about 1 stop under the stated ISO speed. So now you're looking at only a 1 1/3 stop over exposure and that's not so terrible. Negatives will be a bit dense, but at least you'll preserve some contrast the the highlights won't all be blown to hell. You might need to print a grade harder than usual in some cases, and that's not such a bad thing.

 

[Early Riser]

srmcnamara, what did you end up doing? How'd the negs come out?