Well, I went to the zoo last night, and I had a good time. I got to shoot some pictures in the twilight. I shot a roll of Kodak Portra VC 800, and a few shots with the same film in 400 ISO. I have no idea how my shots came out. I bracketed a little, and I used exposure settings recommended by some of you guys. (Thanks so much, by the way!) It was too dark for me to see the meter needle, so I couldn't meter off the lights. I also did some longer exposures because a lot of the lighted animal figures appeared to be "moving", so I tried to capture some of the movement.
The only other people I saw at the zoo with decent photo equipment were three guys who were together. One of them approached me to ask me how I was metering. I noticed that he had a Pentax strap on his camera, which he said was Pentax' last camera before the K1000, but it didn't say Spotmatic on it. I can't remember what the name on it was. He said it was a screwmount. He had a big, tiltable flash and a monopod. I was walking around with my little Slik tripod and no flash. By the way John, what's wrong with Kodak Max 800? (Although I shot a roll of it myself last summer and I wasn't too impressed...) - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
