Stealth3kpl Posted May 28, 2010 Share #1 Posted May 28, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Discuss. Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted May 28, 2010 Posted May 28, 2010 Hi Stealth3kpl, Take a look here Exposure: Zone system visualizing techniques. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
giordano Posted May 29, 2010 Share #2 Posted May 29, 2010 Only worth the trouble with sheet film, IMO. With 35mm just bracket your exposures. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted May 29, 2010 Share #3 Posted May 29, 2010 The zone system requires control of exposure and development on an individual frame basis doesn't it? Not sure how that works with roll film. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted May 29, 2010 Share #4 Posted May 29, 2010 If you do it "properly" it needs the negatives developed according to how you have exposed it. VERY hard to do with 35mm... and needs very careful recording of the exposure on the sheet in the first place. However, I have always found that over exposing and under-developing my film works very well for me. I rate 400 ASA film at 320, and 50 ASA at 32. I cut the developing time by around 10% and find that I have decent highlights and open shadows. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth3kpl Posted May 29, 2010 Author Share #5 Posted May 29, 2010 Thanks for your replies. I got the phrase from 2 year old post in a film vs digital type thread. I thought it was relating to determining what is the best part of the scene to expose for. I'm a hang glider pilot so I'm often as interested in what is happening in the sky (clouds) as what is on the ground so this makes determining exposure a little more difficult for me. Digital playback allows be to check the exposure but with a film camera I would have to hope that I exposed correctly. How should I be assessing a scene with respect to exposure with film? Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted May 29, 2010 Share #6 Posted May 29, 2010 You need to expose for what is important to you. If it's the sky, then worry about that. If it's the ground, expose for that. Most b&w films and C41 colour print film have a very wide dynamic range, and can cope with pretty large variations in exposure across a negative, if you expose and process carefully. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth3kpl Posted May 29, 2010 Author Share #7 Posted May 29, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Can you recommend a film type with wide dynamic range for landscape that scans well? Someone poo pooed Ektar for landscape. Any thoughts on fujicolor pro 160S or others? And don't say Astia ;-) Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xmas Posted May 29, 2010 Share #8 Posted May 29, 2010 Hi Try... James's Light Meter Collection: Weston Model 348 Ranger 9 and BBC - h2g2 - The Zone System I do use an earlier Weston meter but don't stick on the enhanced calculator on it. If you have partial cloud cover it will be difficult to meter off it without a spot meter, an M6 may be sufficient some of the time. You need to bracket exposure initially with any new metering technique. Ansell wasnot flying into them he was letting them creep up. Clouds are nice. Noel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth3kpl Posted June 2, 2010 Author Share #9 Posted June 2, 2010 Thanks for that Noel. I had a rummage in my mother's loft and found a mint condition Weston V with Invercone with leather cases and instruction books. RESULT! Unfortunately, the photocell doesn't seem to be working. I've stuck it on the window to see if a morning's sunlight might bring it back to life. Can anyone suggest somewhere in the UK to get it serviced? Before you ask, no, there weren't any MPs or M3s in mum's loft Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted June 2, 2010 Share #10 Posted June 2, 2010 There used to be a company called Megatron that sold and repaired Weston Master meters, but they are no longer in operation. There may (hopefully) be others who still are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted June 2, 2010 Share #11 Posted June 2, 2010 Can you recommend a film type with wide dynamic range for landscape that scans well? Someone poo pooed Ektar for landscape. Any thoughts on fujicolor pro 160S or others? And don't say Astia ;-)Pete 160S would be fine for landscapes. Alternatively, try some Portra, which also has a natural palette. I am trying out some 120 Portra NC/VC shortly to decide what to take with me to Scotland in the autumn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth3kpl Posted June 2, 2010 Author Share #12 Posted June 2, 2010 Good, some Portra is winging it's way to me as I write. I've got to go and lock the doors now - apparently there's a gun man on the loose outside. Live: Manhunt in Cumbria after fatal shootings - Times Online Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth3kpl Posted June 2, 2010 Author Share #13 Posted June 2, 2010 What a terrible day. 13 people dead including the gunman. Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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