Kodak PROFESSIONAL BW400CN Film 8059370 User Manual
Product codes
8059370
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KODAK PROFESSIONAL BW400CN Film
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F-4036
EXPOSURE
Daylight Exposure:
Use the exposures in the table below for average frontlighted
subjects from 2 hours after sunrise to 2 hours before sunset.
subjects from 2 hours after sunrise to 2 hours before sunset.
*
Use f/8 for backlighted close-up subjects.
†
Subject shaded from the sun but lighted by a large area of sky.
Existing Light
*
Leave shutter open for several bursts.
†
Use a tripod or other firm camera support for exposure times longer than
1/30 second.
‡
Use shutter speeds of 1/60 second or longer with fluorescent light.
Lighting Conditions
Shutter
Speed
(seconds)
Lens Opening
Bright/Hazy Sun on Light
Sand or Snow
Sand or Snow
1/500
f/22
Bright or Hazy Sun,
Distinct Shadows
Distinct Shadows
1/500
f/16
*
Weak, Hazy Sun, Soft
Shadows
Shadows
1/500
f/11
Cloudy Bright, No
Shadows
Shadows
1/500
f/8
Heavy Overcast, Open
Shade
Shade
†
1/500
f/5.6
Subject and Lighting
Conditions
Shutter Speed
(second)
Lens Opening
Home Interiors at Night
—Average Light
—Bright Light
—Average Light
—Bright Light
1/30
1/30
1/30
f/2
f/2.8
Fireworks
—Aerial Displays
—Aerial Displays
*
—Displays on Ground
"Bulb" or
"Time"
†
1/60
f/16
f/4
Interiors with Bright
Fluorescent Light
Fluorescent Light
1/60
‡
f/4
Brightly Lit Street Scenes
at Night
at Night
1/60
f/2.8
Neon and Other Lighted
Signs
Signs
1/125
f/4
Floodlighted Buildings,
Fountains, Monuments
Fountains, Monuments
1/15
*
f/2
Night Football, Soccer,
Baseball, Racetracks
Baseball, Racetracks
1/125
f/2.8
Basketball, Hockey,
Bowling
Bowling
1/125
f/2
Stage Shows
—Average Light
—Bright Light
—Average Light
—Bright Light
1/60
1/125
f2.8
Circuses and Ice Shows
—Floodlighted Acts
—Spotlighted Acts
—Floodlighted Acts
—Spotlighted Acts
1/125
1/250
1/250
f/2.8
School—State and
Auditorium
Auditorium
1/30
f/2
Electronic Flash
Use the guide numbers in the table below as starting-point
recommendations for your equipment. Select the unit output
closest to the number given by your flash manufacturer.
Then find the guide number for feet or metres.
recommendations for your equipment. Select the unit output
closest to the number given by your flash manufacturer.
Then find the guide number for feet or metres.
To determine the lens opening, divide the guide number
by the flash-to-subject distance. If negatives are consistently
too dense (overexposed), use a higher guide number; if they
are too thin (underexposed), use a lower number.
too dense (overexposed), use a higher guide number; if they
are too thin (underexposed), use a lower number.
*
BCPS = beam candlepower seconds
Exposure Adjustments for Long and Short
Exposures
Exposures
No exposure compensation for reciprocity failure is
necessary for exposures between 1/10,000 and 120 seconds.
We do not recommend exposures longer than 120 seconds.
For critical applications, make tests under your conditions.
necessary for exposures between 1/10,000 and 120 seconds.
We do not recommend exposures longer than 120 seconds.
For critical applications, make tests under your conditions.
Filter Factors
Multiply the normal (unfiltered) exposure time by the filter
factor.
factor.
*
Average filter factor, which may vary slightly depending on the
manufacturer. Polarizing filters are not manufactured by Kodak.
Unit Output
(BCPS)
*
Guide Number
For Distances in
Feet
For Distances in
Metres
350
85
26
500
100
30
700
120
36
1000
140
42
1400
170
50
2000
200
60
2800
240
70
4000
280
85
5600
340
105
8000
400
120
KODAK WRATTEN
Gelatin Filter
Daylight
Tungsten
Multiply
Exposure By
(Filter Factor)
Multiply
Exposure By
(Filter Factor)
No. 8 (yellow)
1.4
1.25
No. 11 (yellowish Green)
3
3
No. 15 (deep yellow)
2
1.4
No. 25 (red)
8
3
No. 47 (blue)
12.5
16
No. 58 (green)
5.6
4
Polarizing Filter
*
2.5
2.5