Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bud, The best thing to do is to run a test and see where the exposure falls using your meter and your cameras. Every meter works differently, every person meters slightly differently. It is very easy to determine the best EI for your metering style/meter performance/exposing method. Take a legal pad and mark on pages 0, 1/2, 1, 1 1/2, 2, 2 1/2, 3, then -1/2, -1, -1 1/2, -2, -2 1/2, -3. Take a reading in your normal method. Take a shot at the 0 page. Then open up 1/2 stop take a photo of the 1/2 page....do this in 1/2 stop increments up to 3 then go to -1/2 and stop down 1/2 stop and do that till the -3 setting. Afterwards look at the developed film and see which is best for the way you like them to look. Oh and one last thing even after doing all of this you should bracket on important shots if time allows, if not get a snip test pulled of the film because labs can run from 1/3 to 1/2 or more stops different from day to day........but I love the way slides look in final reproduction much more than negs...nothing IMHO can beat a good super gloss type R for print quality and depth of color...they just look like you can step into them...even the ones made with my EOS gear. ;) As for how I shoot velvia and sensia I rate velvia at 32 and sensia at 80. But this is after testing and using my minolta meter as an incident meter.....very seldom do I expose slides using the in camera meter. Now Kodak E100SW I rate at 100....love that new Kodak film, better IMHO than any of the fuji 100 speed slide films. On 7/24/99 8:22 AM Bud Cook wrote: >If Velvia should be exposed at ISO 40 for projection, should Sensia be >exposed at 80? I plan to do some testing but I'd like to hear from the >experts. Best regards, Harrison McClary email: harrison@mcclary.net http://www.mcclary.net preview my book: http://www.volmania.com