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Re: [OM] light meters for a beginner

Subject: Re: [OM] light meters for a beginner
From: Damon Wood <deewhy_au@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 16:16:19 +1000 (EST)
Eric,

I dont have a light metre unfortunately. I have had to leave it to guess work 
which is a little annoying but pleasurable when exposures turn out right when 
there not indicated under the 2 second mark on my bodies (OM10, 2n and soon 4Ti 
- yay!) in 'M' mode. 

A hint for slide film which has always worked for me - exposure is tricky here 
and there but you will get the hang of it. If im not shooting actions shots 
(which is probably 100r less of all my shots) I always use manual mode 'M'. 
Complete control is gratifying - your telling the camera almost exactly what to 
do. Ive never shot a landscape with 'A' mode. When your using filters and or a 
number of them (Polarizers, Natural Densities) you also may have to compensate 
for exposure stops if need be. This is more easily compensated for in 'M' for 
exposure reasons. 

Also, if you havnt done slide shooting before, shoot some consumer film. Pro 
slide film is rediculously expensive at times. For eg, Kodak Elite Chrome and 
Fuji Sensia II are examples. 

If you have tendancies to continually strive for the best in your photo 
qualities and you like what you get from the slides - youll never turn back to 
print for all purposes. Thats what happened to me and my bank account (lol). 

I use print for dark / night shooting sometimes (eg, Fuji 800 standard and 
PRESS 800!) and for flash photos at night. Alternatively, Kodak B & W Select 
and Illford XP2 ISO 400 C41 process films are good to minimise costs associated 
with traditional B&W processing which is expensive. I therefore shoot a few 
rolls and pick the ones which would be good traditionally processed and blown 
up. 

Enjoy,

Damo



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