"Jose Suro" wrote in message
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Hi Michael,

Thanks for the comments. You mentioned Elite Chrome 200 as having a better
tonal range than the 400f and I don't doubt you for a second but will the
tonal range hold up at +1 ?

A one-stop push, you mean? Yes, at least partly. I would not recommend
pushing it for an eclipse.

I'm still up in the air on the coming eclipse. I shot the last one on 400f
and the tones were pretty compressed. You can see it he

http://web.tampabay.rr.com/jsuro/lun..._composite.htm

Then again, if seeing is so-so and taking into account a big reduction in
photons for the eclipse, ISO 400 should help a lot, and as you metioned,
shutter vibration will be less of an issue. Guess I better get busy and
shoot some Elite Chrome at +1 before the eclipse so I can get me a quick
(I
hope) learnign curve.

Either that, or just use it straight. One stop does not make that much
difference.

Films are *all* so good these days that I can't keep up with them! I need
to test Provia 400F myself.

Clear skies,
Michael