Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Donal Philby wrote: > At the lab I had to > push the Astia one stop to get it to match the polaroid. I moaned to > lab owner (a super guy and ex-Kodak tech rep) who immediately said, > "Polaroid's not accurate test of exposure." So I said how about three > meters and a polaroid which all agree? "Well, I don't know. " > > I don't either. > > Donal Philby > San Diego Well, Donal, I think Polaroid will be pretty disappointed to learn this after all the effort that they have put into giving us a 100 speed color and B&W material to check our compostion and exposure. Certainly if my meter and polaroid agree I feel safe with my exposure then bracket 2/3 stop over and under in 1/3 increments to cover processing variables. Of course thats fine in a studio or factory setting but probably a little tough for you shooting from a speeding boat,eh? Mike Gardner