Determine a nice exposure with your K-5 and duplicate that with the slide film. Exposing for highlights is fine if you apply some zone thinking, but you definitely don't want to aim a center weighted meter at the sky to determine exposure. You'll be critically underexposed. If you must use the center weighted meter, find a neutral area of the scene, such as green grass or a grey wall to fill the frame when determining your exposure, then bracket in half stops. Unlike some other slide films, Velvia is awful when underexposed by even half a stop. Paul On Feb 11, 2013, at 1:05 AM, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm going to run a roll of velvia 100 that someone handed me the other day > through my zx-7. I will probably do nothing but mostly tripod landscapes and > what not. Since I will likely be using an older 50mm mostly, I will just > have center weighted metering at my disposal. I know that for slide film you > expose mostly for highlights since there is less latitude there. I guess I'm > asking, should I just have enough faith in that meter and try to center more > on the sky and lock and recompose? I could also use the k-5 to spot meter > since I would likely have it with me. I just don't have enough of a feel for > this zx-7 as I still have a decent amount of tri-x waiting to be developed. I > think I am going to try duplicating a few shots with the k-5 so I can compare > digital vs slide film. I also have some kodak porta vc pro 160. I'm guessing > that can still be developed, though I know its out of production if I heard > correctly. I will probably start with the porta first. My experience with film > is very limited since I started purely in digital years ago. I see there are > some film shooters here so I thought I would ask. With the digital cameras I > can spot meter if it is critical. No option for that here. I kind of love the > challenge of film....a 67 would be a lot of fun so I'm looking at playing a > bit more with 35mm before I make the jump to 120. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
