Film Photography: Reciprocity Failure

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This video is from the online course “Master Manual Metering for Film Photography.” It’s one of 50 video lessons on the course comprising over 7 hours of instruction on light metering for analog photography.

You’re watching: “Video 6.3 - Reciprocity Failure”

There’s a strange phenomenon you’re likely to run into with analog film that you’d never encounter with a digital camera. It’s like entering a strange backwards universe where math seems to break down.

What’s that? You say f/2.8 at 1/10 of a second is equivalent to f/22 at 6.0 seconds? Not here. Not in reciprocity failure land.

When shooting long exposures on traditional film - be it 35mm, medium format, or large format - care must be taken in your metering process to factor in this odd phenomenon known as “reciprocity failure.” If you don’t make the necessary adjustments prescribed for your exact film, your exposures will come out too dark and your metering process will appear to be failing you.

Worry not, my friends. There’s an app for that.

In this brief video I’ll show you what reciprocity failure is and how to correct for it. This topic is just a minuscule piece of your greater light-metering knowledge - knowledge that can obtained, augmented, and improved through my online course “Master Manual Metering for Film Photography.” In this course you’ll learn the Precision Method for Manual Metering - my tried-and-true technique for getting spot-on exposures with predictability and confidence. Check out the link at top to review the course outline and read testimonials from previous students.

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Видео Film Photography: Reciprocity Failure канала Nick Carver