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Royale With Cheese
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thanks boss. u are so kind
Leica M6/Fujinon 35 f2/Tri X @1600/Diafine 3+3....prelude to holy city series, winter 2010
Agree agree! :thumbsup:
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Congrat Congrat bro. Sorry, that I cant make it on your big day. :cry:
How I wish I could take time off for a week... :cry:
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a random bad shot...haha
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Wah! What bad shot? Wong Kar Wai feel!
NazgulKing
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Old Good Lord... I knew metering was a nightmare but well, my first attempts at RF at night produced a mixed bag of results:
Probably a mixture of technique and whatever... :embrass: Note to self: use a light meter, rather than the TTL metering >.< And finally, underexpose when in doubt.
These were taken with CV 35mm/f1.2, Afga Vista 400
Probably a mixture of technique and whatever... :embrass: Note to self: use a light meter, rather than the TTL metering >.< And finally, underexpose when in doubt.
These were taken with CV 35mm/f1.2, Afga Vista 400
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Old Good Lord... I knew metering was a nightmare but well, my first attempts at RF at night produced a mixed bag of results:
Probably a mixture of technique and whatever... :embrass: Note to self: use a light meter, rather than the TTL metering >.< And finally, underexpose when in doubt.
These were taken with CV 35mm/f1.2, Afga Vista 400
Not bad shots really.... You should really overexpose when in doubt, whether film or digital so that you give more light for the shadows...expose for shadows and develop for highlights. Ttl metering is quite accurate if you know how your meter sees the scene....
NazgulKing
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I guess I need to learn to meter properly then. The problems with getting too comfortable with technology! :bsmilie:
But say for this photo below. I face an issue where there are some very bright lights, but the area in front of me is rather dim. Should I meter (as in point my camera TTL meter at the shadows) at the shadows or try to find something in between for the bright light and the shadows?
On the other hand, I have this devil of a shot, which clearly I overexposed! But it's quite difficult to say because there was a variation of shadows and extreme bright lights.
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I guess I need to learn to meter properly then. The problems with getting too comfortable with technology! :bsmilie:
But say for this photo below. I face an issue where there are some very bright lights, but the area in front of me is rather dim. Should I meter (as in point my camera TTL meter at the shadows) at the shadows or try to find something in between for the bright light and the shadows?
On the other hand, I have this devil of a shot, which clearly I overexposed! But it's quite difficult to say because there was a variation of shadows and extreme bright lights.
That's the gist of the rule: AA categorized every scene into zones of light and film has an inherent latitude to record roughly 5 stops between zones: the highlights and the darks. you'll need to evaluate if the scene is within that range or not. If so you need to determine what you want to place at 18%grey or middle grey and meter that, recompose and shoot. If it is more than 7 stops then you'll have to decide which area within that you wish to shoot, high key or lo key, sacrificing either highlights or shadows. In most extremely lighting cases, I'd rather preserve shadow detail, then temper the highlights during post. Cause if the film records no information, there is nothing you can recover in post, it'll be just black. Blown highlights normally lights, but I guess acceptable in low light shots. I sometimes meter the lights then open 2 stops or meter the darks and close 2 stops as a good guide once I figure the zones in the scene.
It sounds more complicated than it really is. Study the zone system and or just read kodaks PDF on metering.
Low light is tough.
Speedsun
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Old Good Lord... I knew metering was a nightmare but well, my first attempts at RF at night produced a mixed bag of results:
Probably a mixture of technique and whatever... :embrass: Note to self: use a light meter, rather than the TTL metering >.< And finally, underexpose when in doubt.
These were taken with CV 35mm/f1.2, Afga Vista 400
nice pictures !!....hmm ...starting to consider 35/1.2 and ditch 50/1.1 option
NazgulKing
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Thanks.
They are the nicer ones. Here's a few more from that day. Taken with the Tele-Elmarit 90mm/f2.8 I believe.
Leica M6/Fujinon 35 f2/Tri X @1600/Diafine 3+3....prelude to holy city series, winter 2010
:thumbsup: this is a classic and a definite keeper!
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