Pkeitt As a regular reader of Commer
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cial Motor and a keen photographer of transport vehicles myself, I was very interested in the colour photographs taken of the Volvo F12 to illustrate the test drive in the CM. February 2, 1979.
The photographs I am refer ring to are the Volvo shots taken in poor lighting conditions or twilight.
May I ask the following questions, please: 1, What film and film speed was used?
2. Were they taken with a 120 format camera?
3. For magazine reproduc tion requirements is a large transparency preferred to a colour print for best results?
G. COXON, Newcastle.
Photographer Brian Weatherley tells me that the film used on the Volvo F12 road test is Kodak's new fast transparency film Ektachrome 400, which has an ASA rating of 400, making it ideal for use in poor light conditions. It can be obtained direct from Kodak, Hemel Hempstead, in 20-exposure Secondly, the camera used on the Volvo feature was a 35mm Canon F-1 with standard and 35mm wideangle lens. The average exposure reading was between 1/250 at f5.6' and 1/125 at f8.
Finally, Mr Coxon is right in believing that a large transparency is better for magazine reproduction than a colour print. In simple terms, this is because the number of steps needed to produce a finished colour page from a slide is less than for a print, and this ultimately improves the final quality of the picture when it appears in the magazine. — Ed.