 Roy Bennett |
Exposure Compensation My camera has a top shutter speed of 1/250th. If I use fast film, in daylight, at a wide aperture, the shutter speed is likely to be exceeded. Now, I can use a neutral density filter to reduce the amount of light reaching the film, but the camera doesn't meter through the lens. So, I assume I have to make exposure compensations via the compensation dial according to the filter rating. So far no problem - here is the real question. Do I have to tell my developer to do anything special with the film, given that some of it may have been exposed at say -2 stops and some without compensation? Yours bewildered, Roy
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Jeff S. Kennedy |
For starters I am puzzled as to why you would use a high speed film in a camera with a top shutter speed of 1/250. Why not just use slower film and not worry about it? What kind of camera is this anyway? Oh well, as to your questions - yes, you are correct you just make an exposure compensation. Do you need to tell your deveolper? No. You've already made the adjustment in camera. The only time you have to tell the lab is if you don't make the adjustment in camera and therefore they have to adjust the development.
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Roy Bennett |
Jeff, Thank you for your answer - it has sorted things out for me. As to the make of camera, it is a Konica Hexar (original type not latest rangefinder). As to why I might be using a 'fast' film - well, the answer is clear to anyone who lives in England. The weather here can change from bright sunshine to absolute misery in about an hour or so! So, its easy to be caught out with the 'wrong' film in the camera. But hey ho, that's life! Thanks again, Roy
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