Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:13 PM 3/20/02 -0800, you wrote: >This Saturday I will be photographing various x-ray sheets for a client on >Agfa Scala 200 b&w slide film with my Leica R8 and appropriate lenses. The >x-ray sheets will be lit via a standard x-ray viewbox. Since the light will >be emitted from behind the film, incident readings are impossible. Thus, >having to use reflected readings, I must be assured of perfect exposures and >am not certain how. Can anyone herein provide suggestions as to obtaining >correct metering? Thanks in advance! > >Terry Terry - This should be similar to making dupes with my R8 and the Beseler slide duplicator. I just use the averaging meter (not spot) in the R8 and they come out perfectly. With Scala and x-ray you won't have to worry about balancing color. Just trust the R8 meter and it should be fine. Tina Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com images available from http://www.pdiphotos.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html