eric_freedman Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 I just picked up a few rolls of the newer Fuji 400H film. Just a quick question. On the original NPH film - the consensus was to manually lower the ISO setting and process normally. Is this the same with 400H? Thanks in advance for your replies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert lee Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 I think 400H is just a renamed NPH. Same film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronaldo_r Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 I think it depends on your camera/meter. The NPH was my favorite film in my previous life and I used it at both ISO 400 and 320 on my EOS 30/Elan7e. I could never tell any difference. So try it - switch ISO mid roll and process normally then check which one you like most Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronaldo_r Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Example: I remember shooting at 320 for portraiture, however switching back to 400 so available light and action shots. Both looked fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jens_krause Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 NPH (aka 400H) is a beautiful film especially for portraiture. A friend of mine used it with apparently good success for outdoor night shots thanks to its fourth color layer. I have always rated it as ISO 400 and was quite pleased with the color palette. My Nikon Coolscan IV has sometimes given me cyan or magenta casts on NPH as there is no color standard for negative film and Nikon Scan does not adjust for different negative films, but nevertheless NPH generally scans well. <p><a href="http://www.jckrause.com/">Jens</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_levine Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Contrary to PN myth and popular belief. All color neg stocks work great at box ISO when you meter for the shadows. In fact by metering a black tux, the meter is essentially over exposing mid gray by 2 stops! So technically metering a dark object, is the same as metering a gray object at a reduced ISO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrengold Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Also have a look at this thread. http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00IZxd Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_tuthill Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Original NPH was a slow film. I got optimum results from it at EI 200. New NPH, now designated 400H, seems close to box speed. Some photographers think 400H is lower contrast than new NPH, but I have no way to measure this, and the characteristic curves on their respective datasheets are identical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James G. Dainis Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 "<I>In fact by metering a black tux, the meter is essentially over exposing mid gray by 2 stops!"</I><P> In that case the tux is also overexposed by two stops. James G. Dainis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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