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Film produces best results when exposed at "box speed". All too often unfortunately, ambient light conditions are darker than what is needed for good exposure at box speed. It's in these situations that people look to trickery such as pushing film in order to get usable images from underexposed film. Remember, pushing film just means underexposing, and trying to compensate in development.

Usually film has enough latitude to withstand a 1-stop underexposure without any compensation needed in development. If someone underexposes by 2 stops, then pushing the film in development will improvemake for more pleasing results to acceptable levels. It's for this reason that you might often hear of people pushing ISO 400 film to 1600. Underexposing by 3 or more stops runs the risk of unpleasantunsatisfactory results no matter what you do in development.

So, to repeat, you'll get the best results by exposing film at box speed and developing accordingly. As mattdm asks in a comment, why do you want to push the film at all? It would help with understanding.

Film produces best results when exposed at "box speed". All too often unfortunately, ambient light conditions are darker than what is needed for good exposure at box speed. It's in these situations that people look to trickery such as pushing film in order to get usable images from underexposed film. Remember, pushing film just means underexposing, and trying to compensate in development.

Usually film has enough latitude to withstand a 1-stop underexposure without any compensation needed in development. If someone underexposes by 2 stops, then pushing the film in development will improve results to acceptable levels. It's for this reason that you might often hear of people pushing ISO 400 film to 1600. Underexposing by 3 or more stops runs the risk of unpleasant results no matter what you do in development.

So, to repeat, you'll get the best results by exposing film at box speed and developing accordingly. As mattdm asks in a comment, why do you want to push the film at all? It would help with understanding.

Film produces best results when exposed at "box speed". All too often unfortunately, ambient light conditions are darker than what is needed for good exposure at box speed. It's in these situations that people look to trickery such as pushing film in order to get usable images from underexposed film. Remember, pushing film just means underexposing, and trying to compensate in development.

Usually film has enough latitude to withstand a 1-stop underexposure without any compensation needed in development. If someone underexposes by 2 stops, then pushing the film in development will make for more pleasing results. It's for this reason that you might often hear of people pushing ISO 400 film to 1600. Underexposing by 3 or more stops runs the risk of unsatisfactory results no matter what you do in development.

So, to repeat, you'll get the best results by exposing film at box speed and developing accordingly. As mattdm asks in a comment, why do you want to push the film at all? It would help with understanding.

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Film produces best results when exposed at "box speed". All too often unfortunately, ambient light conditions are darker than what is needed for good exposure at box speed. It's in these situations that people look to trickery such as pushing film in order to get usable images from underexposed film. Remember, pushing film just means underexposing, and trying to compensate in development.

Usually film has enough latitude to withstand a 1-stop underexposure without any compensation needed in development. If someone underexposes by 2 stops, then pushing the film in development will improve results to acceptable levels. It's for this reason that you might often hear of people pushing ISO 400 film to 1600. Underexposing by 3 or more stops runs the risk of unpleasant results no matter what you do in development.

So, to repeat, you'll get the best results by exposing film at box speed and developing accordingly. As mattdm asks in a comment, why do you want to push the film at all? It would help with understanding.