Re: [APML] Film types for Lunar photography

[Tom Orff <torff@losch.net>]

At 12:24 PM 9/19/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>But negative film is said to have a better bright/dark (is this referred 
>to as fidelity?) range as I understand it. So I was wondering if anyone 
>could suggest a good film for lunar imaging.

Well, Sieg, since the moon is basically a monochromatic object, why not try 
a black and white film? I've used color film (Gold 200 & 400, Royal Gold 
200 & 400), but the film that I liked the most was Kodak's T400CN. It's a 
B/W film that can be processed using regular C-41 chemicals, meaning that 
any 1 hour place should be able to do it. I thought grain was really fine 
and contrast was excellent. I have a few images with the film at:

http://users.losch.net/~astro/mainbwlunar.html

They are all under the first quarter section. One of them, however was 
taken with T-MAX 400. It didn't come out as well as the others.

TOM



Tom Orff
torff@losch.net
Astro Images at: http://users.losch.net/~torff/


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