Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 04:01 PM 1/26/99 -0500, you wrote: >That raises a question I've been meaning to ask...when shooting under lousy >conditions...night, dim interiors, etc., I often want to end up with prints >that are obviously night time, dim room, photos...but if I follow the advice >of the meter, I get a "properly exposed" photo. Anyone want to suggest a >rule of thumb by which to maintain the night? > >Thanks in advance... Light up the left arrow. (Underexpose a stop or two.) Film is cheap so take three or four shots, stopping down each time. With the Noctilux there's always a tendency to overexpose because you can't believe there is that much light there. Believe it and stop down or use a faster shutter speed if you want that bokeh. Leically, Tina Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.photogs.com/manley/index.html http://www.pomegranates.com/frame/manley/index.html http://members.tripod.com/~Tina_Manley/index.html