Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks everyone for the tips. I did my best with what I had - a G filter and some intuition. Worked in the past... We'll see when I finish developing them. By the way, Egypt in late June gets my vote for being the most hostile warm-weather locale for desert and urban photography. 120 degrees F down in Luxor at 11 am, no shade. Like a freaking blast furnace! Now I know why they always list the top end of the temp range as 140 F for electronics. I saw some weird stuff. Dante NO ARCHIVE On Jun 17, 2009, at 11:33 AM, Chris Saganich wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information