Thanks for all the replies. Since my k-5 never leaves my side I will just use that for metering and match settings. I will try to remember to underexpose ever so slightly. This will be good practice for when I make the jump to a 67. 35mm isn't doing it for me, but it is fun to play with film.
John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: >Digital seems to me to be very much like shooting with slide film in >terms of exposure ... they're both more sensitive to blown highlights. >Slide film does seem to have just a tiny bit more latitude than does >digital. > >If you set the ISO on your K-5 to the same ISO as you're using for the >film, & set similar metering patterns, the histogram should be reliable > >for determining exposure. > >That's how I did it with the two rolls of Kodachrome I took to China, >using a K20D to confirm exposures for a LX, although I also took along >a >hand held incident meter. Considering the age of the film & how they'd >been stored, they both came out pretty good. > >From: Zos Xavius >> 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.
