Of course it's important to note that Tri-X at a stop or even 1.5 stops underexposed can still yield a pretty good image, since we're working with a negative. With the positive of a digital camera, we need to be pretty much right on. It's more like shooting transparency film.
On Mar 15, 2013, at 6:59 AM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > I still shoot iSO 400 film, and in terms of exposure values, it's virtually > identical to ISO 400 on my K-5. Perhaps you're shooting at different shutter > speeds and/or stops? > > On Mar 15, 2013, at 4:49 AM, Bipin Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I started off with 120 film rolls on TLRs to 35mm film on my trusted >> Pentax K1000 SE and now to Pentax K20D & K-5 DSLRS. The fastest film I >> used were 400 ASA back then, and were able to capture night scenes of >> streets and motels with their colorful flashing neon lights pretty >> bright and clear - camera hand held. >> But with today's hi-tech DSLRs I need ISO 1200 to 1600 to capture the >> same night scenes handheld. I agree I am an old fart now, but assuming >> ASA = ISO (can I?), why this huge jump from 400 ASA to 1200 ISO in the >> digital world for the same night scenes?? I am certain LEDs and neon >> signs are brighter today then circa 1978 when I worked at GM Cleveland >> and Hudson. >> Can some kind PDMLer folks solve this mighty mystery for me? >> With my humble Regards. >> Bipin - from that far away enchanting land. >> >> -- >> 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. -- 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.
