Hello All!
I have just gotten back my first roll of velvia shot with a 2n mainly
during the last hour or so before and during sunset. The shots I got back
were really punchy and great color, just as I expected from this film i've
heard so much about. A few quick questions i'd like to clear up before i
burn 20 rolls of this stuff soon...
A) When taking sunsets and or shots with a dominate foreground and
background (I shot a chapel which was lit by bulbs and it had a statue in
front) is there a way to get *some* definition in the foreground? I mainly
got silhoutess with great color in the sky..what could I have done to
improve this?
B) Bracketing. I hear so much about this! Am i confusing the little dial
next to the shutter release and the ASA knob in regards to bracketing? If I
have a scene and i move the dial down one (the knob that shows up in the
viewfinder) and up one knob this is esentially bracketing the shot 1/3rd
stop up and down? Or do I need to change the ASA knob? does changing the
ASA knob esentially do the same thing, but allows for less control like the
other switch?
C) With the 20 rolls of velvia and 5 or 6 of elitechrome 100, i got the
fuji mailers. I read that they dont "push process" film. The roll of
velvia i did develop was done really well at a local lab, but it cost 13
bucks! For this price I could get processing and a roll of film by mail! I
dont really care about the time it will take to develop these slides, but if
i use the concept of bracketing will Fuji develop the scene i bracketed all
the same?
D) On the topic of the Auto exposure, i've found that sometimes the needle
isnt quite around a specific shuterr speed. If I am in manual mode I
usually find the combination of Fstop / speed to center the needle. Of
course the little knob by the shutter will change this minutely. I'm pretty
sure this is how bracketing is done on the 2n. All this talk on photo.net
and the newsgroups about bracketing MUST be with these flashy new cameras.
The roll was mainly on auto and it came out well. But of course a few shots
were darker than expected. Should i have overexoposed 1/3rd or 1/2 a stop?
E) haha there is no E.
All of these pretty much revolve around velvia and bracketing / exposure
procedure on the 2n in particular. But indirectly i'd like to make sure
that the fuji mailers will be able to correctly develop the film using these
technqies. See letter C.
Thanks,
-Jeff Borenstein
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