Great shot.
I will note that it's most likely not the LX's meter that is at fault
for the exposure, but rather the reciprocity characteristics of the
film, which has cost you about 3 stops of speed at that point. You need
to compensate for reciprocity on exposures like this, but once you know
the necessary adjustment, you can dial that in via the ISO setting.
-Adam
Ralf R. Radermacher wrote:
First results with the new toys:
http://www.photosight.ru/photo.php?photoid=1145051
Arcelor's coking plant in Seraing, Belgium. Nothing extraordinary in
this shot, BTW. Just normal routine operation with a few badly sealed
oven doors and a bit of excess gas being flared off in the background.
Never mind the 50,000 people living within a two mile radius.
Comments on the shot are welcome.
As expected, the LX's light metering has proven itself totally
inadequate with such scenery. It suggested 8 secs while at least 30 are
needed to get some detail into the shadows and 60 secs is about right.
Yet, nothing to be ashamed of. I've never sen anything meter correctly
under such conditions.
I'd be quite happy if there weren't this nasty barrel distorsion of the
24 mm lens. Contrary to the details given on the linked page, it's the
A2.8/24 mm.
Anything else in this focal range that would be a little more linear?
Ralf
