Stephen Whitehead Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 Hey, I am planning on shooting tests very soon for a project I am working on. I am wondering how useful it would be to shoot the tests on still films instead of the motion picture stock which I will be using? I am not testing the stock obviously, but rather lighting styles. I understand that this is not the best option, but how does the latitude of consumer films compare to vision 2 stocks. Cheers, Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adrian Sierkowski Posted September 28, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted September 28, 2007 I'm not sure if this is the proper way or not, but as there is not 500T consumer or pro still film that I am aware of, when testing out the '18 stock I normally shoot a few rolls of Kodak Elite Chrome 400, which is a daylight balanced color slide film. It'll have less latitude than a negative stock, and it'll be orange under tungsten light, but it'll give you an idea of exposure, and of course, having less latitude than your actual stock, will err on the side of safety. The best test would be a few feet of the actual negative shot on the location as a test, if you have that ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Francis Kuhn Posted September 28, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted September 28, 2007 Adrian, If it helps, A&I Color Lab in Los Angeles is now selling and processing some of the Kodak and Fuji Motion Picture stocks: http://www.aandi.com/ -Fran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adrian Sierkowski Posted September 28, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted September 28, 2007 That's awesome, I'll have to look into them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Neary Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 Hey, I am planning on shooting tests very soon for a project I am working on. I am wondering how useful it would be to shoot the tests on still films instead of the motion picture stock which I will be using? I am not testing the stock obviously, but rather lighting styles. I understand that this is not the best option, but how does the latitude of consumer films compare to vision 2 stocks. Hi- I'm finding that a dslr works just fine for what you're talking about. Some people will throw a fit about this, but it works great for me. In fact it's fast replacing my meters and becoming a critical tool in my kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Bowerbank Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 I'm finding that a dslr works just fine for what you're talking about. Some people will throw a fit about this, but it works great for me. In fact it's fast replacing my meters and becoming a critical tool in my kit. Vermeer used a camera obscura, so I see nothing wrong with a DP using a DSLR camera to preview his/her scene to see how it would look in the frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Kukla Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 It's no better or worse than any other "rough guide" method, as long as one is aware of the peculiarities of will and will not be different between the two mediums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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