Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/01

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Subject: [Leica] Shooting slide film with an M6
From: rdcb37 at dodo.com.au (Rick Dykstra)
Date: Wed Mar 1 17:34:18 2006
References: <44052C34.8000209@adrenaline.com> <1141201444.44055a24592b5@www.uusikaupunki.fi> <F3BDDCED-F56D-4ED4-997A-5DA5DE8592DD@dodo.com.au> <2696BA7D-4406-4B5C-B013-83DD022B745C@cox.net>

Yes, a bit wiffy.  The one day listing got my attention.  And the  
sellers feedbacks are too 'manufactured' looking.  The buyer's too.   
Pity.  Wouldn't mind a DMR (and an R9) for that price.  :-(

Rick.

On 02/03/2006, at 11:44 AM, Steve Barbour wrote:

> On Mar 1, 2006, at 3:37 PM, Rick Dykstra wrote:
>
>> Hi Raimo,
>>
>> I've had good results by using pre-set metering with slide film  
>> and M cameras.  I take a reading from the sunny side of a  
>> balanced  scene and then leave the settings where they are.  And  
>> over here, with 100 speed film, sunny means f8 and 1/250th.   
>> Easy.  This way, my highlights are right on and the shadows fall  
>> where they do.  I'll use a little fill flash from the SF20 if I'm  
>> shooting close up faces against the light - dropping down to a  
>> 50th and up to f16.  I don't like the overexposed look with slides.
>>
>> Are we the last two slide shooters in the world?
>>
>> Maybe we are - I saw a guy pick up an R9 and new DMR last night  
>> for $610.  ????
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? 
>> ViewItem&rd=1&item=8773421751&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT
>
>
> this doesn't pass the sniff test Rick...
>
>
> Steve
>>
>> Rick
>>
>> On 01/03/2006, at 7:24 PM, Raimo K wrote:
>>
>>> Simple: just meter and shoot. The meter is accurate.
>>> All the best!
>>> Raimo K
>>> personal photography homepage at:
>>> http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho/
>>>
>>> Quoting Scott McLoughlin <scott@adrenaline.com>:
>>>
>>>> So, I've had some slide film in the fridge, and I've decided
>>>> to use it up.
>>>>
>>>> I've read that in metering when using slide film, one should
>>>> be particularly sensitive to the highlights.
>>>>
>>>> I don't own a spot meter. All I have are the M6's built in
>>>> meter and a couple of incident meters.
>>>>
>>>> Any rules of thumb when metering for slide film using
>>>> the built in meter?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Scott
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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In reply to: Message from scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin) ([Leica] Shooting slide film with an M6)
Message from raimo.m.korhonen at uusikaupunki.fi (Raimo K) ([Leica] Shooting slide film with an M6)
Message from rdcb37 at dodo.com.au (Rick Dykstra) ([Leica] Shooting slide film with an M6)
Message from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] Shooting slide film with an M6)