Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 04:16 AM 11/26/97 -0500, you wrote: >******* >True True >As I believe is said in german, and loosly translated -"self understanding". > >My post was to rather extract from the wide base of experience of the 500 LUG >users, what R8 users have been rating their Kodachrome 64 at. I am looking >for conversation and insight. Certain films tend to get shot at different >speeds in common experience. For example, Velvia is offen rated at 40. Astia >is often rated at 80. Kodachrome seems to be pretty true to speed, but the R8 >matrix seems to have a little bias towards the positive. As much as talking >about Kodachrome, I have been seeking a conversation on the matrix metering >bias and a general guess as to what bias there is with it. Personally, I am >guessing a third to a half a stop. > > > >Yes, the only way to really set a speed for a camera and a lab is to test. >But, in general, I find that this day in age, there is some common ground for >all - even from lab to lab. > >Pete > Pete, Sorry, I thought you were asking, for yourself, how to expose K64. I used to rate Kodachrome about 1/3 stop under. ISO 80 for K64. I don't use the K film now. With Velvia, I rate it at 50 but I err on the generous side. Likewise with Provia. Kodak E100S I rate at 100 and err toward the minus side. Jim