Thanks! It was actually underexposed by about three stops, but I was able to rescue it in post. This exercise has given me a new appreciation for the amount of flexibility in JPEG files; I didn't realize I could push them this far. I have two more rolls coming from the lab this week that were also underexposed and hopefully I'll be able to lift a few keepers from the mud. I'm using a different meter now that closely matches what I get from my digital camera and a phone app, so I feel a lot more confident now.
bjhurley wrote:
Thanks! It was actually underexposed by about three stops, but I was able to rescue it in post. This exercise has given me a new appreciation for the amount of flexibility in JPEG files; I didn't realize I could push them this far. I have two more rolls coming from the lab this week that were also underexposed and hopefully I'll be able to lift a few keepers from the mud. I'm using a different meter now that closely matches what I get from my digital camera and a phone app, so I feel a lot more confident now.
Wow, I never would have guessed the original was off by that much. Nor that a jpg could be recovered from 3 stops under!
I think you'll find after a while that you will be able to sense if a meter is off... While I don't think I'd be able to nail exposure every single time using the sunny 16 rule, my 'spidey senses' would likely be triggered if a meter suggested a setting that was waaay off. It gets baked in the subconscious maybe.
Here's a shot with a camera that makes metering a piece of cake! EOS 1V + 85L II + C200
helimat wrote:
Wow, I never would have guessed the original was off by that much. Nor that a jpg could be recovered from 3 stops under!
I think you'll find after a while that you will be able to sense if a meter is off...
Actually it wasn't 3 stops; I misinterpreted the numbers in the exposure slider in Capture One; they don't actually document what those numbers correspond to but when I looked at the manual it said "steps" and I read it as "stops." I boosted exposure by 3 steps in the exposure slider.
But I agree about developing a spidey sense for exposure -- back when I was a kid, shooting my meterless Kodak Retinette, I got really good at estimating exposure without a meter; I carried a meter with me but rarely had to use it. The brilliant portrait photographer Jane Bown never used a meter and estimated exposure by looking at the light on the back of her hand.
But my Retinette years were a long time ago and I've been using cameras with built-in meters for so long that I've lost that sense; I could start with Sunny 16 although I'd recalculate it for higher shutter speeds since f16 is off-limits for most of my lenses due to diffraction.
Nice results! First I’ve seen with this Konica. Exposure and lens looks great.
I think there were four different types? Crazy looking zoom model w huge cyclops flash. Your DD with switchable 40/60 teleconverter lens. A 35mm model, and a 28.
Desmolicious wrote:
Nice results! First I’ve seen with this Konica. Exposure and lens looks great.
I think there were four different types? Crazy looking zoom model w huge cyclops flash. Your DD with switchable 40/60 teleconverter lens. A 35mm model, and a 28.
I’ve posted shots with it before. I have the 28 Wide as well, but it is nowhere near as good performer as the DD. Plus 40/60 is quite versatile! I like it so much that I was able to let go of the Klasse S. And it’s waterproof to boot!
helimat wrote:
I’ve posted shots with it before. I have the 28 Wide as well, but it is nowhere near as good performer as the DD. Plus 40/60 is quite versatile! I like it so much that I was able to let go of the Klasse S. And it’s waterproof to boot!
Good info on the DD. I just assumed the fixed focal length 28 would be better.
Can u add exposure comp?
dourbalistar wrote:
This was taken back in 2019, but somehow got buried in my catalog. Recently went back to edit and arrange as a triptych "penorama".
Olympus Pen S, Ultrafine eXtreme 400, developed in LegacyPro L110 at 1:31 for 5.5 minutes.
Nice! I've got the original Pen, which is almost the same camera, and love it.
It gets baked in the subconscious maybe. 
I have the 28 Wide as well, but it is nowhere near as good performer as the DD. Plus 40/60 is quite versatile! I like it so much that I was able to let go of the Klasse S. And it’s waterproof to boot!
