How many sheets of the same composition

[evan clarke]

Always two identical sheets, gives me an additional option for developing...EC

[Dan Schmidt]

I usually shoot one. If the light changed dramatically i'll shoot a second.

This is both because i don't want to get too emotionally invested in an image (those are never my best images) and because I can't carry around too many 8x10 holders

but there are no rules here, or anywhere for that matter


-dan

[Jim Becia]

It depends on the situation and the subject matter. If it includes trees and the wind is a factor, I'll shoot upwards of 4 to insure a perfect transparency. If it's rocks, only two sheets. However, then I'll also shoot a couple of shots in the oposite orientation, vertical and then horizontal. To me, film is not to be "saved" when I go on a trip. I just got back from Colorado. The expense to me was the time, food, and lodging in getting and staying there. The film and processing were the cheapest parts of the whole trip. I shot about 150 pieces of film so with processing I was around $550. Considering gas alone was more than that, I look at film as the least of my expenses when I travel. Do I take too many shots of a subject sometimes, yes, but I would rather have a couple of extra duplicates as insurance. Also, I seem to get in situations where the light is changing fast so a few extra sheets is insurance. Also, I like to shoot a couple of different films sometimes to see the difference in their rendering of the subject. That is always an interesting learning experience for me. Jim

[Vaughn]

Usually two, sometimes one. Several if the light "improves" after I take one or two.

But usually two...often developed differently for use with different processes.

Vaughn

[BrianShaw]

One to three. Much of the time only one.

[John Curran]

Pretty much two, in case I want to develop differently.

[matthew blais]

Two

[Ken Lee]

"Always two identical sheets, gives me an additional option for developing...EC"

When doing development by inspection, you can experiment with the second sheet at development time, and you can also rescue an image if it start to look different than you thought. I find this true when doing close shots, with lots of bellows extension. Contrast tends to need boosting.

[Matus Kalisky]

I usually do one, but just yesterday when photographing in the underground of the GSI (research centre) I did at two different locatins 2 and 4 photos respectively, but allways with different f-stop as I am curious how the depth of field and resulting impression of the image will change. But it was BW and I should develope them tonight.

I shoot two sheets. Too many times I would discover spots where it is most difficult to get rid of (sky area). Now, of course, none of the negatives show any spots - Murphy's Law in reverse.

well, I did two exposures of the same subject (positive and negative color) during my last trips to Alps - and - both are bad - focus mistake. I focused the first one wrongly and did not check the focus before taking the other one. But that's my way

[Leonard Metcalf]

One

-though on some rare occasions I shoot a black and white sheet and trannie - funny as only one ever turns out... I think this is my intuition thinking after the fact, and making sure I get it with the other film....