You don't want to underexposed Velvia. The result will be garish with lost detail.
Paul via phone On Feb 11, 2013, at 4:36 PM, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
