going from b&w to E6

I am starting to shoot chrome. Fuji Provi

I have spent the last nine years shooting

Ilford HP-5. I have been getting great negs.

I've use the "Joe Englander" Tone System.

(I can't find Joe or I would ask him.)

The Tone System does work w/ b&w, but I don't know

what to do with the E-6?

My trans. are mostly too light.

Any ideas?

If your transparencies are too light, you are overexposing the slides. I shot Ilford HP-5 for many years, and overexposing a bit was a good practice with that film. Slides are just the opposite of negatives (no pun intended). Hence, underexposing a slide is equivalent to overexposing a negative.

 

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Keep in mind Fujichrome and other slide films are much more sensitive to correct exposure than most B&W films, especially HP-5. Which is why landscape photographers use graduated neutral density filters and spot meters.

 

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The short answer is you are giving your slides too much light. The best way to determine correct exposure with slides is to bracket your exposures and take copious notes on film used, lens used, f-stop, shutter speed, time of day, filter(s) etc. Get out, shoot and have fun.

Most black and white films work best slightly overexposed say EI=80 for a ASA=100 film. I found that shadow detail is much better. However, with Color Slide films and I use FUJI RDP 100 as well, that the best EI is the film's ASA. This is especially true if you are going to print your slides directly. I litter darker slide works best on Cibachrome processes.