Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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.