Grant Young
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Couple of firsts from the Yashica. I'll get better, promise!
My Yashica D.
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Brian Moore
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I like them! I think #2 is nice with the bokeh behind the tree. What film?
Hamish Gill
Tech Support (and Marketing)
I like them too ...
How did you get on with metering in the end?
How did you get on with metering in the end?
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
The second is excellent.
Grant Young
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Ilford FP4. Thanks for the compliment.
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I used my meter (handheld GE) but I had to tweak them in post. I plan to use sunny 16 on this next roll to test that method.
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Thank you!
Beth Carter
Well-Known Member
#2 for me too. beautiful tones and dof.
Chris Dodkin
West Coast Correspondent
Looking good Grant - how are you getting from neg to digital?
Hamish Gill
Tech Support (and Marketing)
Grant have a read of this http://www.realphotographersforum.c...ule-correct-exposure-without-light-meter.html
relevent salient points are the fact that, firstly, it isn't summer ... Although on a sunny day now I'd have thought you wouldn't need to make adjustments, there may just be some merit in adjusting an extra stop when the sun is hiding.
And of course the sunny 16, whilst accurate for the most part isn't a method for "accurate" exposure as such, it's really a guide to help judgement without a lightmeter.
A lightmeter with the ability to take incident meter readings is the "accurate" equivalent - the sunny 16 rule is just applying a educated guess to what an incident meter reading would be.
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Grant have a read of this http://www.realphotographersforum.com/content/267-sunny-16-rule-correct-exposure-without-light-meter.html
relevent salient points are the fact that, firstly, it isn't summer ... Although on a sunny day now I'd have thought you wouldn't need to make adjustments, there may just be some merit in adjusting an extra stop when the sun is hiding.
And of course the sunny 16, whilst accurate for the most part isn't a method for "accurate" exposure as such, it's really a guide to help judgement without a lightmeter.
A lightmeter with the ability to take incident meter readings is the "accurate" equivalent - the sunny 16 rule is just applying a educated guess to what an incident meter reading would be.
relevent salient points are the fact that, firstly, it isn't summer ... Although on a sunny day now I'd have thought you wouldn't need to make adjustments, there may just be some merit in adjusting an extra stop when the sun is hiding.
And of course the sunny 16, whilst accurate for the most part isn't a method for "accurate" exposure as such, it's really a guide to help judgement without a lightmeter.
A lightmeter with the ability to take incident meter readings is the "accurate" equivalent - the sunny 16 rule is just applying a educated guess to what an incident meter reading would be.
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Grant have a read of this http://www.realphotographersforum.com/content/267-sunny-16-rule-correct-exposure-without-light-meter.html
relevent salient points are the fact that, firstly, it isn't summer ... Although on a sunny day now I'd have thought you wouldn't need to make adjustments, there may just be some merit in adjusting an extra stop when the sun is hiding.
And of course the sunny 16, whilst accurate for the most part isn't a method for "accurate" exposure as such, it's really a guide to help judgement without a lightmeter.
A lightmeter with the ability to take incident meter readings is the "accurate" equivalent - the sunny 16 rule is just applying a educated guess to what an incident meter reading would be.
Grant Young
Well-Known Member
Hamish,
Would the use of an incident meter be of no real use if shooting landscape work? While I'm certain there are times I won't be shooting just that, I do find myself doing mostly that. Will the incident readings do me well if in a place such as the woods or similar? A spot meter would work best for that, no? Maybe I need to use my incident meter before asking questions haha. My old GE claims to do incident, though it's not like the newer ones with the white dome.
Would the use of an incident meter be of no real use if shooting landscape work? While I'm certain there are times I won't be shooting just that, I do find myself doing mostly that. Will the incident readings do me well if in a place such as the woods or similar? A spot meter would work best for that, no? Maybe I need to use my incident meter before asking questions haha. My old GE claims to do incident, though it's not like the newer ones with the white dome.
Hamish Gill
Tech Support (and Marketing)
In theory an incident meter will give you a good reading in any situation ... But common sence prevails ... In the woods for eg if you want the trees branches to be well exposed take a reading of the light by a tree ie perhaps slightly more in the shade. Maybe you want to capture details that are high lit by beams of sun shining through branches ... This would potentially lead to throwing much else into shade but maybe that's the effect you are after?? If so take a reading of the light shining through ...
As for landscape, an incedent reading should be fine ... But of course it depends on what you are trying to achieve ...
this may have been covered in the last thread, there really is no "correct exposure" ... But if you want an "average" exposure an incedent meter is the easiest (if you don't have a matrix meter in your camera)
As for landscape, an incedent reading should be fine ... But of course it depends on what you are trying to achieve ...
this may have been covered in the last thread, there really is no "correct exposure" ... But if you want an "average" exposure an incedent meter is the easiest (if you don't have a matrix meter in your camera)
Grant Young
Well-Known Member
Thanks for that. I'm trying to get where I don't need to take the 7D out with me.
Hamish Gill
Tech Support (and Marketing)
Just don't take it ... See what happens, you have nothing to loose!
Grant Young
Well-Known Member
That's where I'm at not but I'd like to not lose frames if I don't have to haha. I'd like to get to a point where I don't need the new scanner I just bought! I may have an enlarger on loan from a friend as well.
