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I recently grabbed some photos of the local area on a stunning Sunday morning with the Bronnie and a couple of film backs loaded with Velvia 50 and Efke 50.

Here are some of the Velvia, hand-scanned via the D200 (can't wait to get the Epson V700 - eventually). Pretty much uncorrected but cropped.

Thoughts appreciated. I dialled in about -1/3 stop exposure to avoid blowing out the highlights, as I have done in the past, but they look at about 1/3 under - go figure.









I am very much looking forward to trying some 4x5" Velvia soon!

Love the colours from this film.

How are you metering? From a lightmeter?

PiroStitch wrote:Love the colours from this film.

How are you metering? From a lightmeter?

Thanks Wayne. Using the Bronica's metered viewfinder. I find it is generally accurate but wanted to err on the side of caution. However, I believe I have gone too far this time in underexposure.

The blue of the sky is just stunning but I do suppose that is helped by the under exposure, which has unfortunately been too much for the shadows.

Is it a centre weighted meter? Looking at the way the images were composed, if it took an average of the sky and the shadows I would have considered putting it a 1/3 stop over rather than under. The light looked harsh enough to warrant it. Anyway it's film, so there should still be enough detail in the shadows to pull it out

I would have used average metering, which encompasses the entire image, but weighted towards the centre.

Dialing in -1/3 comp was a result of unnecessary conservatism based in previous overexposure in similar circumstances. However, the previous situation may have been one in which I accidentally spot metered or overly weighted to shadow areas.