> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > o Don't over-expose. > > With slide film (my medium of choice BD) I was > always taught to expose for the shadows; > especially with high-contrast film such as Velvia. > > Using digital is more like print film where you > expose for the highlights.
I think you've got just about everything there backwards. With slide film it's a good idea to get the exposure right. But if you are going to err, err on the side of underexposure. There's nothing you can do about a blown-out highlight, but you *can* extract detail from overly-dark areas at the cost of lower signal-to-noise ratio. Negative film has a lot more latitude to start with. But it usually has more latitude for overexposure, so that's the way to go if you're not sure. Expose Velvia for the shadows in a high-contrast scene and you'll totally wash out all the bright parts of the scene, not just the highlights. The same goes for digital.
