Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/25

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Roads, Trucks and BBQ
From: hewthompson at mac.com (Hugh Thompson)
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:33:33 +0500
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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.



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