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    Shooting without a lightmeter

    in The Wet Darkroom: Film, Paper & Chemistry

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    Uh why so salty i wonder ? "Stop messing about" I don't understand what you mean by that since I'm free to experiment to whatever degree I want and see what works best for me ? Besides why are u comparing me to professionals ? Level and line ? Carpenter ? I'm far from being a professional and don't even aim to be, another reason why your saltiness doesn't make any sense at all.
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    Shooting without a lightmeter

    in The Wet Darkroom: Film, Paper & Chemistry

    Posted

    There was a time in the distant past when light meters were expensive and few had them. Millions of pictures have been taken with nothing more than that slip of paper and a bit of experience.

     

    Well guys, this bit of experience he mentioned is exactly what I'm interested in, everything manual just like it used to be. I find it really interesting that they long ago would have to by trial and error get what the exposure was supposed to be and even though there's the lightmeter nowadays I still would love to keep doing it like the old days. I've been using an app in my phone to read random scenes without actually taking the photographs so that I can start getting used to different scenarios and light. Sometimes I get it right and sometimes not but I feel I'm already starting to get the hang of it, I find it harder to guess when there's no sun whatsoever and it's all shadows or really kinda dark :confused:

    How do I focus on my old manual film camera?

    in Beginner Questions

    Posted · Edited by cassiorenan

    I would like to see the distance scale on that camera. The smaller the aperture (f/11, f/16 etc) the greater the range of acceptable focus. At f/16 everything would probably be in acceptable focus from 4 feet to infinity. At f/4 everything would probably be in acceptable focus from 4 feet to 6 feet. On a bright sunny day it is much better to shoot at a smaller aperture to keep everything in the focus range.

    Here James, the manual that Steve provided has an image with the info you're looking for.

     

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    What camera(s) are you using this weekend?

    in Classic Manual Film Cameras

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    Cassiorenan,

    Going back to this old thread -

     

    How do I focus on my old manual film camera?

     

    could you take a picture of that Olympus from the top showing the numbers on the focusing ring? I am a bit curious about that.

    Hi James, I'm at work right now and I don't have the camera with me but the numbers range from 3 all the way up to 24ft (3 - 3,5 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 8 - 12 -24 if I remember correctly) and there's the infinity symbol as well. I will take a pic when I get home.

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