How you use a light meter can also be a significant factor — poor metering 
technique can give readings that are several stops off. My personal preference 
is an incident meter. 

With reversal stock always err towards slight underexposure. 

Good luck. Shoot short tests. 

Jeff Kreines
Kinetta
[email protected]
kinetta.com

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On Jul 24, 2019, at 7:20 AM, Scott Dorsey <[email protected]> wrote:

>> I am not getting it. Is 200 ISO the native speed of the film? Or is it 160 ?
> 
> It is both.  The film is less sensitive to red light than to blue light,
> so if you expose it in red light, the effective ASA is lower.  If you
> are exposing with tungsten light, you use 160 ASA, while if you are exposing
> with daylight, you use 200 ASA. 
> 
>> Most Super-8 cameras have an orange filter for daylight.
>> But for b&w one would always open the filter right?
> 
> Right, you disable the 85 filter.  It's a bad idea in any case.
> --scott
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