Any tips for shooting on E64T?

[Termin8Anakin]

I've finally got my hands on a couple of rolls of Kodak Ektachrome 64T film!
Had to go all the way to DVD Infinity to buy it =/
Then Kodak emailed me back and told me of another store that sells S8 film (ironically it's only a few blocks away from DVD Infinity!)

I was hoping to shoot a few test rolls in varying degrees of light and process it at Nanolab to see how it looks, but my holiday is coming up REAL soon so I don't have time to do it anymore (the test was also going to determine if there was any problems with the camera itself).

Does anyone have any tips on using E64T film?
Morning/Day/Afternoon/Night shooting?
I'll be primarily around beaches and stuff, and considering the weather in Sydney recently, it might be really cloudy and raining heaps.

Thanks!

[Angus]

you'll get an image even if it is cloudy and raining but the stock works best with lots of colours, and bright lighting conditions.

Best times are on a sunny day early morning or late afternoon when the sun isn't directly overhead. 64T works really well with closeups and not so well with wide shots so if you can, pick out details such as patterns in the sand/sea at a beach...flowers in a garden. Those shots will look the best, longer establishing shots will be OK but more grainy than the K40 this film "replaces".

I've just telecinced a truck load of K40 and 64T from the last 8 years (making a montage for our 10th wedding anniversary) and while the K40 looks much better on projection the 64T actually telecines better (or easier).

Good luck!

[Termin8Anakin]

Thanks for that Angus!

[Muckymuck]

If you want to reduce the grain without blowing out the highlights, try over exposing by 1/3 of a stop (i.e. expose it at 50 ISO) if you can. Don't go 2/3 though as this will be too much usually.

If you want extreme saturation, try 1/3 (or even 2/3) under when it's very bright.