testing the stocks

[P S Manushpsnandan]

hai :)

we are planning to shoot our next project totally with kodak 500T stocks,we are going to conduct a test between 5279 & 5218 and find which will suite us better,our project is totally limited to indoor, where we will have huge sets of a town like thing and it will be totally a night effect film,i just want tips and suggestions about how i should do my tests and what all aspects i should follow in my test to find the differences between both the stocks

[Laurent Andrieux]

You can do Keylight tests and contrast tests.

[John Pytlak RIP]

Certainly you should run an exposure series, and test any variations of the lighting contrast (amount of fill). You will likely find the 5279 to be just a bit more contrasty, with the 5218 picking up a bit more detail in the deep shadows. The 5218 will have less graininess, and a more neutral tone scale from deep shadows to extreme highlights.

[Laurent Andrieux]

Testing the 29 aside as well may be interesting (low contrast stock).