85 Filter

[SSJR]

When I use an 85 Filter to shoot tungsten in daylight do i compensate for both the light the filter cuts out and the frequency change/ speed drop in ASA sensitivity specified on the can,

 

Say its 320T so i just rate it to 125 for D with the 85 filter on...

 

or rate it the same : because -2/3 to -1 stop darker for the filter cutting out light and +1 stop brighter for the ASA decrease... evens out?

 

Am i far off here?

[Dickson Sorensen]

If the film you are using says on the can that it is 320 EI (exposure index ASA) Tungston then 2/3 compensation for the 85 filter gives you an equivalent exposure index (EI) of 200. Put the filter on and set the ASA on your meter for 200 when you shoot in daylight. When you take the filter off set you meter for 320 ASA and shoot in tungston light.

[David Mullen ASC]

Color film has only one ASA rating. The daylight rating on tungsten stock is just compensating for the 85B filter, which has a 2/3's of a stop light loss, hence why a 500 ASA tungsten stock will say 320 ASA daylight on the can. It's still 500 ASA whether it is in 3200K light or 5500K light.

[Andy Sparaco SOC]

An LLD allows you to not use the 85 at all. Handy when you need that 2/3 of a stop.

Edited November 10, 2005 by asparaco

[Laurent Andrieux]

Motion picture color film has NO ASA rating...

 

ASA (that is actually ISO normed, by now) is only for still picture photography.

 

Motion picture film manufacturers only give an Exposure Index (EI)...

 

It's you, operator, to decide how you want to rate your film. One usually makes "key-light tests" as to determine this personal rating.

 

The EI is a good basis for you to compute in your light meter if you want.

 

If you have a 85 filter in front of your camera, loaded with tungsten stock, you can set it to the rating that will compensate for the filter. Usually, manufacturers consider that 85 filter cuts 2/3 of a stop, so that you can set your meter on this basis. It is this value that is written on the can.

 

How is this rating calculated ?

 

Since rating are in a geometrical progression, a 2/3 compensation corresponds to a factor of 2^2/3 that is approached by the value of 1.5625

 

So that the rating of 500 then becomes 500/1.5625 = 320

[Laurent Andrieux]

Sorry, too late to edit...

 

It's still 500 ASA whether it is in 3200K light or 5500K light.

 

Sorry, David, I don't really agree with this...

First, as I said, the rating is only the one that one determines, there is no rule for determine this.

If you take the ASA rating, for still photography, it's based on the HD

curve of the film. If it is a tungsten film, this curve will be done

with tungsten light.

Since the film has a spectral density (it's curve depends on the light

source), the curve one would obtain with a daylight source would be

diffrent, so that the calcution of the asa rating would give a

different result...

[David Mullen ASC]

You're just going to confuse the guy.

 

If you have a 500 EI filmstock and you put a filter that cuts 2/3's of a stop, then for convenience's sake you can set your meter to 320 EI to compensate. The daylight rating that Kodak puts on their film cans for tungsten stock has NOTHING WHATSOEVER to do with the film having a different exposure response to 5500K versus 3200K -- it's only the rating you use to compensate for the light loss from the 85B filter. Period. THE FILM DOES NOT HAVE A DIFFERENT EXPOSURE INDEX FOR DIFFERENT COLOR TEMPERATURES.

 

Obviously a film balanced for 3200K will not expose the three layers evenly if shot in 5500K light without the correction filter. But that doesn't mean it needs a different EI rating in 5500K light versus 3200K light.

[tskuang]

\In my experience, I found that the best way to get a reading through a filter is

to take a reading from a spot meter with the 85 on it and set the difference as an

EV compensation on a seperate setting on the meter. That way you expose for exactly

for what you want to see rather than counting on the calibrated EI that's on the can.