Pulling Fujicolour Superia

eob · Jan 8, 2019

Hi,

I recently shot a 35mm roll of Fujicolour Superia 400 at 100 ISO. It was accidental, forgot to change my settings.

I've read online that maybe I won't have to change developing times. I use the tetenal colortec c-41.

I'm relatively new to pushing/pulling colour film. If anyone with any experience in the latter could tell me what times they used, and temperatures, etc. that would be a great help.

Thank you.

Anon Ymous · Jan 8, 2019

Just process normally, the film can handle two stops overexposure easily.

eob · Jan 8, 2019

Anon Ymous said:
Just process normally, the film can handle two stops overexposure easily.

Thanks for your reply and help!

koraks · Jan 8, 2019

Anon Ymous said:
Just process normally, the film can handle two stops overexposure easily.

Absolutely. I would not recommend pulling as it will come at the cost of saturation, contrast and acutance. I've done quite some testing with pushing and pulling Superia 200, and the results, while interesting, are mostly worthwhile for pushing (to increase contrast and saturation, and also some acutance), but pulling results in much less usable results in my opinion (although it can be a valid approach for eg portraits).

MattKing · Jan 8, 2019

Generally speaking, the advice above is correct.
But may I ask, what sort of subject were you photographing, and how contrasty was the lighting?
As an example, if you were photographing snowscapes in harsh sunlight, a "pull" development might very well be called for even if the negatives were properly exposed.

eob · Jan 8, 2019

MattKing said:
Generally speaking, the advice above is correct.
But may I ask, what sort of subject were you photographing, and how contrasty was the lighting?
As an example, if you were photographing snowscapes in harsh sunlight, a "pull" development might very well be called for even if the negatives were properly exposed.

Thanks for the reply. From what I remember, it was shot on a sunny day in a city, and some landscapes. Probably not worth pulling it? I shot the role a year ago, so maybe I'm wrong and the role is extremely contrasty and then I'll regret it all!

eob · Jan 8, 2019

koraks said:
Absolutely. I would not recommend pulling as it will come at the cost of saturation, contrast and acutance. I've done quite some testing with pushing and pulling Superia 200, and the results, while interesting, are mostly worthwhile for pushing (to increase contrast and saturation, and also some acutance), but pulling results in much less usable results in my opinion (although it can be a valid approach for eg portraits).

Thanks for the help, really appreciate it.

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