Newbie question - Correct exposure for Velvia

Good answers everybody!
ivan

"Michael Scarpitti" wrote in message
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Generally speaking one does not use automatic exposure with slide
films. One uses manual exposure and brackets a little when the subject
matter allows it.

What I do, is work the hell out of my +/- EV wheel. It took me a while to
get reasonably good at it, but now, I seldom get a bad exposure, and I shoot
slide film almost exclusively, using aperture priority mode........

William Graham wrote:

: "Michael Scarpitti" wrote in message
: om...
: (Dmitry) wrote in message
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: Generally speaking one does not use automatic exposure with slide
: films. One uses manual exposure and brackets a little when the subject
: matter allows it.
:
: What I do, is work the hell out of my +/- EV wheel. It took me a while to
: get reasonably good at it, but now, I seldom get a bad exposure, and I shoot
: slide film almost exclusively, using aperture priority mode........

I find that I do the same. Unless I have a particular need for a particular
aperture of shutter speed I leave the camera set to program mode and shift
the exposure as I feel necessary.

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William Graham wrote:

: "Michael Scarpitti" wrote in message
: om...
: (Dmitry) wrote in message
: . com...
:
: Generally speaking one does not use automatic exposure with slide
: films. One uses manual exposure and brackets a little when the subject
: matter allows it.
:
: What I do, is work the hell out of my +/- EV wheel. It took me a while to
: get reasonably good at it, but now, I seldom get a bad exposure, and I shoot
: slide film almost exclusively, using aperture priority mode........

I find that I do the same. Unless I have a particular need for a particular
aperture of shutter speed I leave the camera set to program mode and shift
the exposure as I feel necessary.

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Keep working millions on welfare depend on you
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"Frank Pittel" wrote in message
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William Graham wrote:

: "Michael Scarpitti" wrote in message
: om...
: (Dmitry) wrote in message
: . com...
:
: Generally speaking one does not use automatic exposure with slide
: films. One uses manual exposure and brackets a little when the subject
: matter allows it.
:
: What I do, is work the hell out of my +/- EV wheel. It took me a while
to
: get reasonably good at it, but now, I seldom get a bad exposure, and I
shoot
: slide film almost exclusively, using aperture priority mode........

I find that I do the same. Unless I have a particular need for a
particular
aperture of shutter speed I leave the camera set to program mode and shift
the exposure as I feel necessary.

What amazes me about today's cameras, is the many ways to use them. In the
old days, there was only one way, and sometimes that demanded a separate,
off camera, light meter. With my new camera, there is about 4 ways I can
take pictures, and the one marked, "manual" still uses the built-in light
meter, and so it is hard to find a true, "manual" means of taking pictures.
To me, they are all automatic, so I can use any glass I find that fits the
bayonet mount, even if it's 40 or more years old......

Michael Scarpitti wrote:
Generally speaking one does not use automatic exposure with slide
films. One uses manual exposure and brackets a little when the subject
matter allows it.

"Manual Exposure": Scarpittiese for [1] putting batteries in the
much-automated SLR, [2] turning on the light meter, [3] twisting a dial,
[4] looking down upon those who own cameras capable of skipping one or
more of the previous steps.

Hi,

Alan Browne wrote:

To shoot slide film you must compose scenes where everything you want in
detail fits in the exposure latitude of the film. An in-camera spot
meter is very useful to "survey" the scene to make sure it fits in the
latitude of the film.

I know all the theories (I think) about this, but somehow I seem not to
be able to do a good judgement of the scene when I try to meeter
(partial) my nature pictures.

Does anyone know a good writeup, with image examples, which try to give
some hints as to how to judge the colors.

As an example I could take a picture I took of a mountain in the late
evening. It was a bit hazy and the mountain had some snow on the top. In
some pictures (I bracket) the montain was not on the picture at all
(overexposed so the mountain and the haze was one in color).

Martin

Leigh Marrin/KM6JE wrote in message ...
Michael Scarpitti wrote:
Generally speaking one does not use automatic exposure with slide
films. One uses manual exposure and brackets a little when the subject
matter allows it.

"Manual Exposure": Scarpittiese for [1] putting batteries in the
much-automated SLR, [2] turning on the light meter, [3] twisting a dial,
[4] looking down upon those who own cameras capable of skipping one or
more of the previous steps.

You misunderstood Scarpitti's post.

Leigh Marrin/KM6JE wrote in message ...
Michael Scarpitti wrote:
Generally speaking one does not use automatic exposure with slide
films. One uses manual exposure and brackets a little when the subject
matter allows it.

"Manual Exposure": Scarpittiese for [1] putting batteries in the
much-automated SLR, [2] turning on the light meter, [3] twisting a dial,
[4] looking down upon those who own cameras capable of skipping one or
more of the previous steps.

You misunderstood Scarpitti's post.

PGG wrote:

But what does "manual exposure" mean? Pointing my light meter at a
subject and entering the shutter speed and f-stop into my camera?

Manual exposure means setting shutter speed and aperture
based on whatever method you choose to determine the
exposure you want.

When you use auto-exposure plus compensation, you set the
compensation based on experience in second-guessing your
camera's automatic settings.

You should use whatever method works best for you.

Peter.
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