Re: Photo help - last night @ PLP

[rgg@deakin.edu.au (Roger Gillard)]

I agree with Greg. I usually try +2 stops for time exposures. Remember the reciprocity problem of 
film with long exposures ( means you must expose longer for really long exposures, the film does 
not behave linearly under low light conditions.)


    Cheers,
             Roger Gillard 











In article <39EF9268.1802E08F@hotkey.net.au>, triplett@hotkey.net.au says...
>
>Hi Erk,
>
>1/250 @ 5.6 sounds a bit fast to me.
>
>Best to run the camera on auto in such tricky lighting
>conditions. use the aperture priority with the camera wide
>open to keep the speed as high as poss.
>
>The other thing with auto stuff at night is the inclusion of
>lights directly in the pic. These can throw the meter system
>way off. If the camera has exposure compensation then try +
>1, 2 & 3 stops in a bracket. Often +2 stops will fix the
>problem.
>
>Regards
>
>Greg Triplett
>
>
>
>Erk wrote:
>> 
>> Help!
>> 
>> Venue - Paralympic Park Special Event Gunzel Spot, last night
>> Time - Darkness outside, usual high lighting level inside station
>> Film - Kodak 800ASA
>> Camera - newish Pentax MZ50 with Sigma lens 70-300mm
>> Shutter speed - 1/250th of a second
>> F stop 5.6
>> Result - Severe underexposure on various lens lengths and pics at night.
>> 
>> What did I do wrong? Most of my day shots with 400 were ok. I had no
>> problems with the same film, same conditions with my compact camera
>> before.......
>> 
>> TIA
>> 
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>> Eric
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