OTOH, I've never heard anything about C-41 processing punching up
saturation. Perhaps choice of print material can. I do know that
overexposing color negative will increase saturation. How much is
required before other effects of overexposure kick in, and how much it
pumps up saturation I don't know (the curve does have a toe and shoulder,
and gradation from shadow to highlight goes non-linear). Never played
with it to find out; I don't use color negative that much.
-- John
Saturation is pumped a bit (but not much) with negative stock for longer
exposures. The real benefit seems to be that these films "see more deeply"
into subjects, especially shadow areas for "hidden detail." Other things
being equal and given the right circumstance, I will always opt for a
slower shutter speed when I'm shooting (especially at night, and this
assumes I actually want that added shadow detail).
I'd suppose this is equally true for slide films, though with a somewhat
compressed dynamic range and less film latitude to work with perhaps not as
easily demonstrated in the field. (Is that right, or is there an inverse
dynamic effect at work there?)
Tris
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