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Nice
shots! I've always been impressed by the presence of Saturn next to the
moon
in a
photograph. It's a tough combination, actually the moon and anything else
is tough,
but
what you want is a film that has a large "dynamic range" (not quite the same as
'fidelity').
Any
negative film will have a larger exposure range that it can
accommodate.
Usually it is used in snapshot cameras so that the
exposure is not critical,
overexposures are compensated when printing, using the
density range
on the
negative where the scene landed.
For
astrophotos, this range can be used to record both bright and
dim
objects in the same exposure. But it becomes
difficult to print using normal
printing methods and have both objects show the desired
detail.
Digital methods can be used to compress the dynamic
range,
but be
careful to avoid "inversions" in the tonal response!
The
extra dynamic range of negative film comes with a price: film
grain.
I've
not used much negative film (like you, I am familiar with
E200),
but
have done some experiments with black and white Tmax, and
TechPan (the moon is very neutral, color film has a
tough time
keeping it so).
Good
luck on your lunar work, you have a great start!
Thor.
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