iso dial setting on the Nikon F4s question

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Bill16

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Hey everybody! Well before I realized that this camera has an iso dial I took a couple shots and I'm now worried they might not turn out. Can anyone tell me what affect the iso dial being set at minimum setting will have when the film's iso is 400, at F8,and 250 shutter speed? The film is Fuji 400, that my wife already had. Oh I also used the flash on the hotshoe.

I'd appreciate any help to ease my worry, rather it's good news or bad new! Lol :)
 
Fred Kingston

Fred Kingston

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Yes... The F4 does have a DX setting, which reads the ISO off the film canister... otherwise, it can be set to anything between 6 to 6400 ISO in 1/3 stop increments...
 
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Bill16

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I'm guessing the feature is there to give the pro-photog a way to still use the film in a clutch even if the the film is the wrong iso for the shot?
 
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STM

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Well the results are just back from the lab and unfortunately the news is not good. First, you have only approximately six months to live. Second, the ASA range on the F4S is 6-6400 so your film will be approximately six stops overexposed. Please pay the receptionist on your way out and good luck!
 
Fred Kingston

Fred Kingston

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Well... The DX encoded canisters were released/developed in 1983 by Kodak, and only had a range of ISO 25-5000... The F4 was released/developed in 1988, and had a wider range than Kodak's canisters... ISO 6-6400...There were still (at that time) a lot of film being used that wasn't Kodak's...
 
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sonicbuffalo_RIP

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Bill16 said:
Hey everybody! Well before I realized that this camera has an iso dial I took a couple shots
really? how many shots did you take?

and I'm now worried they might not turn out. Can anyone tell me what affect the iso dial being set at minimum setting will have when the film's iso is 400, at F8,and 250 shutter speed? The film is Fuji 400, that my wife already had. Oh I also used the flash on the hotshoe.

I'd appreciate any help to ease my worry, rather it's good news or bad new! Lol :)
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just wondering....how many shots are on the roll?
 
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STM

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FredKingston said:
Well... The DX encoded canisters were released/developed in 1983 by Kodak, and only had a range of ISO 25-5000... The F4 was released/developed in 1988, and had a wider range than Kodak's canisters... ISO 6-6400...There were still (at that time) a lot of film being used that wasn't Kodak's...
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I have received emails and have donated to a company in Italy who is trying to revive film. Kodak is selling it off bit by bit. I will continue to shoot my film cameras until there is no longer film to be had, especially with my Hasselblad. No digital image can touch a silver halide print of the quality of Oriental Seagull (the only paper I use) printed from a medium format camera negative. PERIOD
 
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