If you shoot 400 speed film with the camera ASA setting on 200, will the images be overexposed?

Question

OK, I also scan my own negatives, so I will probably be able to correct...

Answer 1

Yes, one stop over.  Since you shot using negative material, there will be no blown out highlights like would have happened had you been shooting transparency film.

You must have an older camera, since most newer ones have a auto sensor that detects the speed of the film when it is loaded.

Answer 2

NO not really ,as long as ou tell the developing house that you shot the 400 ASA as 200 ASA. You are correct, by lowering the ASA settings + or - you increase and decrease the ASA by 1 stop 400 > 200 isequivalentt to -1 stop on the camera . The camera will compensate any irregularities if you havedialedd in 200 ASA,it will use its metering system to determine the correct colour for the scene.

Normally you buy 400 ASA for sport fast action shooting or to be used in low lighting conditions without the proper use of flash.  

Answer 3

Was the film color or black and white?  In color I found that such an over-exposure of 1 stop doesn't cause too much of a hassle unless it is a very contrasty scene.  In black and white - you develop the film as if it was shot at 200.  I worked for a studio where the main photographer accidentally shot several 120 rolls of 400 speed film at 125.  These were important photographs.  I processed them as the slower film and got some beautiful skin tones out it.  Hope that helps.

Answer 4

yes, you can get the processors to correct it, just tell them what you did and they will fix it for you, if printing yourself its easily fixed

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Answer 5

Color negative film has such a wide latitude that a one stop exposure either way won't adversely effect your images. You could over/under expose by two stops and still be okay although at that point you're going to lose a bit of detail in the extremes. You could ask the lab to "pull" process the film by one stop, but that means a custom job and more expense. I'd say let it develop normally and you'll be fine.