Re: [APML]: SLIDE FILM FOR SOLAR ECLIPSE?

["R.Cadloff/M.Kealey" <bomo@sympatico.ca>]

Scott L. Taylor wrote:

>
> >    If you're spending all that cash to go photgraph the eclipse, get a
> >tripod somehow. It will be worth it. I will be on land, true, but I'm
> >shooting Ektar25 through a Pronto. Considering that the image size in a
> >Pronto will be 4.3mm, 400 film will give you a lot of grain, and you won't
> >be able to blow it up much.
> >    If you're set on using 400, Elite is pretty good film.
> >
> >--
> >R. Cadloff/ M. Kealey
>
> What led you to choose Ektar 25?  How does the grain size compare with
> Kodachrome 64?  I am currently planning on shooting Kodachrome 64 using a
> Pronto on a tripod.  I guess at this point I'm more interested in seeing my
> longer corona shots turn out so I guess I'd be afraid to sacrifice the 1-2
> stops I'd lose going to 25.  Although I guess I could always convince
> myself to go for more detail in the prominence shots :-)
>
> Scott

     I wanted to use print film for the wider latitude, although I am bringing
along some Velvia 50 as well, in case I change my mind. I thought about faster
films, but I guess I'm interested in detail in the "inner" shots. Since I'm
bravely changing film mid-eclipse, I may mix it up a bit and use two types.
    Kodachrome has always been my outdoor slide film of choice, but it's taking
longer and longer all the time to get it developed.

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R. Cadloff/ M. Kealey