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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
12-02-2018, 07:07 PM
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Runwithsizzers- Yes, you are correct regarding the digital scans. You may have made a very good point that minimally editing the images after the fact will help achieve this look.
None of this would be used for shoot wedding fully analog indoors. I'm looking to supplement my wedding shooting with film, not replace it entirely. This is primarily a question for outdoor images. I'm going to play around with ASA 800 and see if perhaps it's a better fit.l and also use my digital camera to compare while shooting and check lighting.
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I'm definitely going to start using my dslr as a test. I'll have to try other films and see what offers enough flexibility with the light I'm looking for as well.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
11-29-2018, 06:57 PM
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Yes, I've tested it with ASA 400 and it's too dark for what I'm looking for. Across the board world renowned wedding photographers are shooting this film at 200 ASA to get that brighter look which they've taught in their online courses. I was struggling with how to consistently get that look. Regarding developing I'm using pro film labs to develop for digital scans (Richard Photo Lab, The Find Lab) but playing with spot metering seems like it should help the cause.
Thanks for the help.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
11-28-2018, 09:50 PM
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I am very familiar with both. I shoot in full manual mode with my digital cameras virtually daily. My issue was that I can't have my settings set to 1/25 shutter speed when shooting a wedding to get a properly exposed shot. Im used to being able to adjust my ISO to compensate and I cant do this with an analog camera.
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Mikesbike- YES! Clearly I need to use the spot metering and work with that for awhile. That makes sense and I definitely think will solve my issue. I appreciate the help!
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
11-27-2018, 07:42 PM
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Thanks Steve! I am SO glad I found this Forum, such a big help :)
Regarding my question... sorry, I should have been more specific. I hope I'm explaining properly. This is more of a user error/question than a camera issue I think. My meter definitely adjusts depending on where it is aimed and seems to be in great working condition being that I've gotten some gorgeous images on very bright days. I am trying to get a centered exposure reading on my meter as often as possible but I can only seem to do this in absolutely perfect lighting situations. If I'm shooting on a cloudy day and the meter is reading a few stops below the center how would I shoot that and ensure that the images are properly exposed?
Regarding rating my film at 200... after reading numerous wedding photographers' blogs regarding shooting with Portra 400, the sweet spot is said to be around 200 ASA or 320 ASA to achieve the bright and airy look and the few rolls I've shot rated at 200 in beautiful light look significantly brighter than when rated at 400 (this confused me).
This is the look I am going for (these are not my images).... Central Park Fall Engagement Session | Megan & Drew ? Stephanie Sunderland
Thank you for your help everyone! Pentax newbie trying to get a hold on this :)
Stephanie
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
11-27-2018, 06:51 AM
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This may be a very elementary film shooter question but I recently started shooting with a Pentax 645N and am working off the internal light meter which seems to be working very well. I'm shooting with Kodak Portra 400 film rated at 200 and my results have been good when shooting in sunny beautiful weather. However, when I'm shooting indoors in a very well-lit room or outdoors on a moderately cloudy day, my meter always reads significantly underexposed. How do I compensate for this? It's as if it has to be a perfectly sunny day for my images to be properly exposed and this doesn't seem correct.
Should I be setting my camera to +1 or +2 to push the film a stop or two? It still reads underexposed on the meter but does that help?
Would love any pointers! Thank you in advance :)
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
11-13-2018, 05:40 PM
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It's set to single so I don't think that's the issue. I only noticed it on the last two shots of the last roll but it did push the numbers up twice. I just removed the lens and wasn't having an issue when closing the shutter, hmmmmm. Wondering if it was just a glitch. Will be curious to see how the film comes out and if there are doubles!
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
11-12-2018, 02:47 PM
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I'm just diving back into film photography and this is my first medium format. My Pentax 645n just started taking two pictures at a time. I'll hit the shutter and hear it take two frames with just one click. Did I accidentally hit something on the camera??
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