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1 Dec 2006 - 12:50 PM

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1 Dec 2006 - 12:58 PM

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Ceri!! You're wanted!

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Carabosse (e2 Member)

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1 Dec 2006 - 1:36 PM

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Have got around to using my Billy as yet, but when I do I shall take a digicam with me and use it as a light meter!

Sooty_1 (Critique Team)

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2 Apr 2012 - 9:53 AM

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I would suggest taking the middle aperture (f/11 ish) and the middle shutter speed (1/50) to give you a little leeway, use the "sunny 16" to decide on your film choice.

ie. 1/ISO shutter speed at f/16 in bright sun.
or 1/ISO at f/11 in hazy sun/light cloud, 1/ISO at f/8 in cloudy bright, 1/ISO at f/5.6 in cloudy conditions etc.

So on a bright sunny day, ISO 400 film will give you 1/400 at f/16, or 2 stops over. On a cloudy day, you may get away with it as you can use 1/100 at f/16 instead of 1/400 at f/8 (which your camera won't shoot at).
The other thing you can do is get a couple of ND filters (1 and 2 stop) to use 400 film. Use the ND filters to bring the exposure down when it's too bright. Otherwise, I would suggest using 100 film.

I have an Ensign Ranger 6x9, though the range of exposure options is slightly better, 4 shutter speeds and apertures from f/4.5 to f/32, and the slides are fantastic to look at.

Nick

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2 Apr 2012 - 10:26 AM

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Quote: I hope the original poster is impressed that, after more than 5 years, his question is finally answered!

The good thing about the internet is there's always someone else searching for the same answers and I get so fed up with finding sites where the original question that you want the answer to us high on the list in Google so you go thinking you will find the answer and it's an old thread that no one answered correctly. At least when threads like this are eventually answered they become a valuable resource, even if they are 5 or 10 years old.