Back in the day people used to routinely rate the old ISO 50 Velvia at
ISO 40. I have never shot the ISO 100 Velvia so I can't offer much
advice regarding it. Personally, I used to use center weighted averaging
on a PZ-1p with slide film all the time, but the evaluative meting in
that camera left much to be desired. If conditions allowed it I would
spot meter and work out an exposure setting based on reading from the
lightest and darkest area in the frame. Not the zone system since
development never changed but rather just careful measurement and
thinking through how the exposure will fit into the 5 to 7 stops of
exposure latitude that slide film affords you.
Regarding the 67 - personally, I like color negative film in medium
format. As you move up in format the fine grade of slide film is less of
an advantage and not worth the trade off in lack of exposure latitude.
Just my personal opinion.
Mark
On 2/11/2013 4:36 PM, Zos Xavius 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.
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