Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In my experience this hasen't worked for me with triX. With slower films like 100 - 25 ASA this works fine..not with TriX for some reason. That red filter is key in a situation like that and is the only reason I ever carry one around one. At 05:42 PM 6/16/2009, you wrote: >Dante - > >This is like photographing snow. If you want it to stay white (or the >sand to stay bright) you have to open up more than the meter is >suggesting. The meter is telling you how to make everything zone 5 >grey. I would use the meter reading and open up at least one stop, but I >would also bracket like crazy. On the other hand, you could shoot digital >;-) > >Have fun. > >Tina > > >At 04:00 PM 6/16/2009, you wrote: > >>Ok - hit a rough patch in Egypt today: at Saqqara hit subjects that were >>low contrast and high brightness (hazy blue sky against sand and >>limestone pyramids). >> >>Shooting Tri-X and a yellow cut filter, should I trust the meter (which >>is reading for what looks a stop underexposed - 1/700 and f/16) and N+1 >>it to enhance the highlight contrast - or believe that the sand is so >>bright? Under normal conditions with a clear blue sky and grey subjects, >>I have not needed to apply a filter factor given my developing time (on >>the heavy side of N development). >> >>But here, I don't have the film to bracket very much, and I am a little >>worried about shouldering. Best guess, Mr. Spock? Hopefully Luxor will >>have clearer skies... >> >>Dante >> >>NO ARCHIVE >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Chris Saganich MS, CPH Senior Physicist, Office of Health Physics Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York Presbyterian Hospital chs2018 at med.cornell.edu http://intranet.med.cornell.edu/research/health_phys/ Ph. 212.746.6964 Fax. 212.746.4800 Office A-0049