Steve Boykin
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My photographer instructor made me go out and do the "filter test" this AM. I've done nothing but shoot this church in Cameron for a week because it has 8/9 of 10 zones in the early AM. It was 23 degrees this AM. Apparently "we" were trying to determine the correct time/temperature for developing (now set at 68 degrees for 12 minutes in D76) and the correct ISO to rate the film at (now set at Fuji Acros 100 rated at ISO 200). I burned through three rolls of film doing this. Did I mention this involved a lot of math which I hate? It's basically the same shot on all three rolls with one blank shot to determine the correct time for the enlarger (8 seconds at F11, unless of course I need to burn then I have to do Math again) at a height of 16.5 inches.
If anyone ever wonders why digital photography is better, tell them to ask me.............
Anyway, it was butt breaking cold this AM with a pretty stout wind. I jumped out of the car and took these when I stopped for coffee in Rogers, TX. I managed to walk one block from the Cefco Diesel station before turning into an ice cube and running back to the car. Processed with VSCO Instant film pack out of spite. To my way of thinking currently, instant sure beats standing around in the cold and changing between red and yellow filters manipulating the aperture at 1/250........![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Apparently it will now be easy going forward provided....I read the meter correctly........ But....you have to take multiple readings then get this little wheel out to transfer the EV values to the zones on the wheel then you decide how you want to shoot it. Wow....
Dave assures me at some point I won't have to do all this.
If anyone ever wonders why digital photography is better, tell them to ask me.............
Anyway, it was butt breaking cold this AM with a pretty stout wind. I jumped out of the car and took these when I stopped for coffee in Rogers, TX. I managed to walk one block from the Cefco Diesel station before turning into an ice cube and running back to the car. Processed with VSCO Instant film pack out of spite. To my way of thinking currently, instant sure beats standing around in the cold and changing between red and yellow filters manipulating the aperture at 1/250........
Apparently it will now be easy going forward provided....I read the meter correctly........ But....you have to take multiple readings then get this little wheel out to transfer the EV values to the zones on the wheel then you decide how you want to shoot it. Wow....
Dave assures me at some point I won't have to do all this.
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