Hi

I was shooting Devo last night in Brighton with the Sputnik. There was no pit
so hard to shoot due to the extended distances involved.

I tried to use a seperate meter though the readings were to erratict due to the
ever changing lights.

Any suggestions for winging exposures in such a complex / variable situ?

Dropping of film at lab tommorrow

M

Mark wrote:

>
> I was shooting Devo last night in Brighton with the Sputnik. There
> was no pit so hard to shoot due to the extended distances involved.
>
> I tried to use a seperate meter though the readings were to erratict
> due to the ever changing lights.
>
> Any suggestions for winging exposures in such a complex / variable
> situ?

(Mark, you need to set your mail client to wrap lines.)

Recently I've been using my Pentax K10D to take digital previews
before making an exposure with my Sputnik. The K10D lets you have
either DOF preview (by aperture stop down) or digital preview (an
exposure is made, and you can view various image information on the
rear screen, but the image is not saved).

I set the zoom to 35mm (approximately the field of view for the
Sputnik), the metering mode to matrix, the exposure mode to Manual (or
Aperture priority set to f/22), and the ISO to 200 (I shoot E100G
pushed one stop). I check the histogram on the preview and if things
look OK I transfer the exposure settings to the Sputnik

If the lighting isn't changing too quickly, one preview is good for
several shots on the Sputnik. If I want to remember the camera
settings I can take an actual exposure with the Pentax and review the
EXIF data later.

You don't need a DSLR to do this. The now discontinued Pentax Optio
750Z (a nice little camera) even had a digital exposure meter mode.
You do need to be sure that the digital exposure matches what you want
from the film exposure.

The film exposure results I've been getting back from the lab have
been very good.

--
Brian Reynolds | "But in the new approach, as you know,
reynolds@panix.com | the important thing is to understand
http://www.panix.com/~reynolds/ | what you're doing rather than to get
NAR# 54438 | the right answer." -- Tom Lehrer

Brian Reynolds wrote:

> Recently I've been using my Pentax K10D to take digital previews
> before making an exposure with my Sputnik. .. .
>

> I set the zoom to 35mm (approximately the field of view
> for the Sputnik), the metering mode to matrix, the
> exposure mode to Manual (or Aperture priority set to
> f/22), and the ISO to 200 (I shoot E100G pushed one stop).
> I check the histogram on the preview and if things
> look OK I transfer the exposure settings to the Sputnik

Do you find the exposure latitude matches well between
your CCD and your E100G?

--
John Thurston
Juneau Alaska
http://stereo.thurstons.us

Mark,

I'm making an assumption that you were shooting an indoor concert,
correct? If so, here's my two cents based on the concerts I used to
shoot in the 70s and 80s.

Typical stage setup with red or yellow lights, 1/60 f:11 using ISO 400
film. Blue lights add two stops.

This is very rough, but it may give you a start.

How many rolls did you take? Why not process just one roll first, then
gauge that to determine if a push or pull is necessary?

Sam

--- In MF3D-group@yahoogroups.com, "Mark" wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I was shooting Devo last night in Brighton with the Sputnik. There
was no pit
> so hard to shoot due to the extended distances involved.
>
> I tried to use a seperate meter though the readings were to erratict
due to the
> ever changing lights.
>
> Any suggestions for winging exposures in such a complex / variable situ?
>
> Dropping of film at lab tommorrow
>
> M
>

John Thurston wrote:

> Brian Reynolds wrote:
>
> > Recently I've been using my Pentax K10D to take digital previews
> > before making an exposure with my Sputnik. .. .
> >
> > I set the zoom to 35mm (approximately the field of view
> > for the Sputnik), the metering mode to matrix, the
> > exposure mode to Manual (or Aperture priority set to
> > f/22), and the ISO to 200 (I shoot E100G pushed one stop).
> > I check the histogram on the preview and if things
> > look OK I transfer the exposure settings to the Sputnik
>
> Do you find the exposure latitude matches well between
> your CCD and your E100G?

I haven't made precision measurements. I try to make sure that the
histogram isn't up against either the left (under exposed) or right
(over exposed) sides. 'm still learning how to use the K10D. The
film I've been getting back consistently looks good, and that's enough
for me.

--
Brian Reynolds | "But in the new approach, as you know,
reynolds@panix.com | the important thing is to understand
http://www.panix.com/~reynolds/ | what you're doing rather than to get
NAR# 54438 | the right answer." -- Tom Lehrer

> How many rolls did you take? Why not process just one roll first, then
> gauge that to determine if a push or pull is necessary?

I took one on the Sputnik and another on the Realist. Dropping them off today.

I'll be shooting the same band in London next tues so will use the info I
gained from this shoot to adjust accordingly.

M