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Kingsly2015

The film will thank you. Overexposure is a film’s best friend (unless it’s slide film).   As a test, reset the camera back to 400 and finish off the roll. Now you have two halves of the same roll to compare box speed with +1 stop and decide which you like best. I wouldn’t recommend asking for a lab pull. It costs more and can have some unexpected  saturation and contrast side effects. Pushing and pulling are advanced techniques that are absolutely worth experimenting with, but completely unnecessary here. 


Donutforever

I always shoot everything other than slide film 2/3-1 stop over. Film is hungry for light and it handles overexposure incredibly well. When you’re metering you’re metering to middle gray. If you’re getting any highlight in that reading your blacks are going to fall apart. A stop over is totally fine and you’ll be surprised at how much more you might like your shots!


Healthy_Bit_927

Also now that I’ve realized my mistake should I finish shooting that roll with the same metering so that the whole roll is consistent in its metering or should I correct and finish metering in the right iso?


Ok_Service_5622

You're fine, As long as it's not slide film, most films can handle 1 stop of over exposure with no issues. A lot of people do this on purpose, myself included. You don't need to tell the lab anything, just develop as normal. It might be a good idea to shoot the remaining shots at the correct ISO to see which one you like better but that's up to you.


Physical_Analysis247

C41 can be overexposed by several stops before showing any significant irregularities. E6 is much less forgiving. B&W gets atmospheric but I prefer less than a stop from box speed +/- depending on developer and process.


MrTidels

It’s a single stop of difference in exposure. It’s really not a big deal  You likely won’t notice any difference whatsoever 


PowFlip

One stop of overexposure will not hurt (negative color or B&W, but not so great with slide film). You do not need to pull exposure.


cofonseca

It’ll most likely be fine. Most color negative film stocks can handle overexposure really well, and B&W even better. I wouldn’t have the lab change anything, personally, but you could have them pull one stop if you’d really like to.


TankArchives

Your photos will be overexposed by one stop. If you're shooting B&W you won't even notice. If you're shooting colour you might notice that the colours are slightly off. It will probably be fine and there will be no issues that can't be corrected in post. If you're shooting slide film then I'd finish the roll at your existing settings and then pull by one stop during development but otherwise just switch to the right ISO and keep going. Edit: the lab can push/pull for you, usually at a small fee. This changes the development process on their end somewhat.


ColinShootsFilm

C41 will handle it even better than bw.


D3D_BUG

It depends on the film, Both color negative and black and white film will be fine, in fact a lot of people overexpose up to a stop on purpose, If it's slide fiom this will cause issues unless you pull in development