Chuck Donaldson wrote: > Based on what I read here and on Jim Gilley's Guide to Better > Railroad Photography, I just tried my first roll of Provia. Just like Jim said, there > is a heck of a flair from locomotive headlights. I like the color and the > Fuji developing. Are there some techniques that the pros out there > have found to make the problem less severe?
Only to not try to shoot straight into the bright lights. The headlight is out of the exposure range that the film is capable of recording while still properly rendering your subject correctly exposed would be one way to put it. This problem gets worse the darker the day is. This is a problem inherent to all E-6 films that I have tried (damn near all of them). The only color slide film that doesn't "blow out the headlights" is Kodachrome (all flavors) because it is basically a B&W film that color dye couplers are added to during the K-14 process. B&W film has always had a much broader exposure range than color films. Velvia is not quite as bad with this headlight problem, but it's still there. I have found the Ektachrome E100 films to be the "worst" with this situation. :( > Are there some good work arounds? Only not shooting into the headlight, or a dim headlight. I wish there was a solution for this headlight problem too. Dave Cohen Photographer [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Good ideas for those of us with slower lenses would be appreciated > > thanks > > Chuck Donaldson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ============================= > West Coast Railfan's Photo Page > http://www.teleport.com/~cdonald > ============================= > > -----Original Message----- > From: JOHN B. CORNS [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 1997 10:39 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: SPORRS: Where is everone? > > The SPORRS posts have been really dead as of late. Has everyone learned > all there is to know and need not ask questions, or has the interest in > SPORRS dwindled? Just curious, as I enjoy the exchanges of information. > John B. Corns > --> SPORRS: Serious Photographers of Railroad Related Subjects > > > --> SPORRS: Serious Photographers of Railroad Related Subjects --> SPORRS: Serious Photographers of Railroad Related Subjects X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 Content-Length: 5487
