Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/25
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?Bob Adler
Palo Alto, CA
http://www.raflexions.com
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From: Hugh Thompson <hewthompson at mac.com>
To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Wed, November 25, 2009 11:33:33 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Roads, Trucks and BBQ
Bob - this is the beauty of the LUG, we can get advice, good constructive
advice ....... and I understood your comments were intended to be helpful.
I am going to revert to Fuji's recommended settings for Sunny 16.? Right on
the box the speed recommended for the 100 ASA film is 1/250, whereas I have
been using the general rule for Sunny 16, and setting the speed at 1/125
....... so, right there may be the answer to the problem.
Overall, I am very happy to be working with manual settings and using my own
judgement for exposure.? So, if some are a little off in exposure or focus
........
It is great fun, and I get to wait to pick up the images ...... nothing is
instant any more.
Hugh
On 26-Nov-09, at 12:14 AM, Bob Adler wrote:
> Do your negatives look like the scans? Are they overexposed?
> If so, I'd experiment with adjusting your Sunny 16 rule now based on your
> results. I would suggest playing with your shutter speed or aperture
> rather than your film speed as that will give you more flexibility to meet
> varying conditions. For example, if you want shadow detail with a bright
> background, you might want to underexpose by only 1/2 stop. If you're in
> bright conditions and not too worried about the shadows, try under
> exposing by a full stop or even more.
>
> If your negatives look good but the scans don't, that's a different story.
> Keep doing what you're doing and find somewhere else to scan. Best case is
> to scan yourself, but that may not be possible for you.
>
> And please know that I never meant to imply stop shooting or stop posting.
> As I said, your images are fascinating; a part of the world I'll never see
> except through such images as yours.
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