Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]HI Jim, >Color neg film does better with some over exposure. Thick negs print better >than thin negs. Grain is better. Contrast is better. So shooting ISO 400 at >1/250 @ f/16 (sunny almost 16) is, at least for me, actually preferred. Try >it. You will like it. I find that if you overexpose color neg film where the sky is in the frame you chance getting washed out white skies. I always monitor the meter reading of any shots with sky and never exceed the "sunny 16" EV with post-dawn and pre-sunset the exception. I don't like washed out skies. I'll accept less shadow detail for deep blue skies. Also if you slightly overexpose your negatives you might get blue skies but you'll have to depend on the lab you use to give them to you. My lab ain't that good. You know of any that are? Incidentally it has been my experience that if you take a meter reading on the north midday sky on a haze free day, you will get "sunny 16". Bring the camera down to half sky and you'll get your slight overexposure, give or take 1/3 stop. Art