Re: [APML] Speaking of E100 and Velvia

["David Rinnan" <david@rinnan.com>]

Hi Jose,

I just joined the group so your message was the first I received :)

I read somewhere that E200 was better when pushed to 400 than the E400 it
self. I have had good results with the E200 pushed one stop but I still
prefer it un-pushed.

Regards

d
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jose Miguel Benito Huete"
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 2:41 AM
Subject: Re: [APML] Speaking of E100 and Velvia


> Hi Robert, I am starting using E200 and as I am reading your message a
question
> comes to my mind: Does it make a big different to push E200 one stop, or
in
> other words do I have to always push it at least one stop? By the way I
read
> your book and is very good. After reading the section on different films
for
> astrophotography I don't which color film is best suited for this task
> considering both negative and slide films. Do you have the answer for
this?
> Many thanks
> Jose Benito
> Madrid
> Spain
>
> Robert Reeves escribió:
>
> > Greetings,
> >
> > A fortuitous topic...  I have been asked about E100S film by a rather
> > high-flying astrophotographer.  In fact, he is so high flying that he
will
> > be aboard the ISS with the next crew going up in November.  Dr. Don
Pettit
> > will fly to the ISS in a few weeks and he is an astrophotgrapher!  About
a
> > year ago he contacted me and we started chatting about astrophotography
> > opportunities from the space station.  He paid me a great compliment
when he
> > said he regarded my book Wide-Field Astrophotography as the only book he
> > deemed interesting enough to haul back and forth between Houston and
Star
> > City, Russia.
> >
> > Anyway, since the ISS flies through a low radiation environment, they
don't
> > take up any films in the 800 speed range because of fogging.  Don is
going
> > to try some 800 speed anyway and attempt to shield the film with water
> > packages until getting it back to Earth.
> >
> > Traditionally, the use E100S and Velvia in their film cameras in orbit.
As
> > an astrophoto backup in case his 800 speed is fogged, he wants to use
some
> > of the E100S for astrophotography.  He asked me about the suitability of
> > giving this film a two stop push to get more out of it for
astrophotography.
> > I have always pushed E200, but never have used E100S.  Can anyone tell
me
> > about pushing E100S for astrophotgraphy?  Good, bad, indifferent?
> >
> > If launched on time, Don will have a stellar view of the Leonid storm
next
> > month and actually see the meteors from above!
> >
> > Robert Reeves
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> >
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