I'd vote for the "mis-read ISO contact" theory - though I can only think of two times my Pz-1p did this is the last 4 years. Maybe the sensors on your camra have a problem with the placment of the contacts on slow films like Velvia? You could try popping in a cannister and seeing if it reports the ISO correctly.
FWIW - many people shoot Velvia at ISO 40. The slight over exposure takes the edge off the contrast and tones down the colors a bit. - MCC At 06:36 AM 4/24/2002 -0400, you wrote: >I just had 3 rolls of slide film developed-- 1 roll of Provia F400 and 2 >rolls of Velvia. I recently got the film via mail order from NY (first time >for mail order film for me). My camera is a PZ-1p and I was using 2 lenses, >a macro lens and a Pentax 28-105. The Provia slides turned out fine. None >of the Velvia slides turned out. All were dreadfully underexposed. Faint >images could be seen on some of them using a cheap light box type viewer, but >most of them were so dark that nothing could be seen. I used the >HyperProgram mode mostly with some +/- adjustments at times, and I changed >between the 2 lenses throughout the 2 rolls, just as I did on the Provia >roll. I honestly don't know what happened. I would think at least 1 or 2 of >the shots would have come out, just by law of averages even if I had messed >up the camera settings (which I am sure I did not do). This has never >happened to me before. I'm even wondering if something happened to the film >during shipping, but the Provia seems to work fine, and they were shipped >together. I used the same local processor that I usually use. Any thoughts, >anyone? >Thanks! Kathy L. >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Kalamazoo, MI [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - - - - - - - - - Photos: http://www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
