On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 10:20 PM, Boris Liberman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Methinks that with negative film the precision of metering is less important > than with digital. I am not saying that meter can show you any number, but > that the tolerance or leeway is more with film than with digital, even if > you shoot raw. Perhaps, it has to do with the difference in how film and > sensor react to over and/or underexposure.
I agree with Boris. Looking at some of Fuji Negative's current data sheet, it said that you can do up to +3, and down to -1. > > Also, my understanding was (at the time I was shooting film) that if you > give 'em a roll that is constantly over/under exposed, they might be able to > compensate for it in a uniform way... > Do you mean like push, and pull? I don't think labs in a drugstore do that. > I may be totally wrong on both counts as well... > > Boris > > P.S. I still remember going out with my Voigtlander Perkeo I folder and not > having much problems with exposure at all. I'd take one reading just before > I go out with my camera meter (MZ-6) and then set the exposure accordingly. > Little folder has no meter of its own... > PSS I think that is the best way. :) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
