RE: the cost of my new camera

2001-09-30 Thread Frits J. Wüthrich
What is causing the underexposure? You, the camera, the processing, the flash? I hope you get over this soon. Frits Wüthrich Cory Waters wrote: Hi list, Some of you (the ones who have REALLY good memories)may remember that I Purchased a MZ-5n From Paul Jones in Australia. You may further

Re: the cost of my new camera

2001-09-30 Thread Paul Jones
and the exposure was pretty spot on for most of them (using multisegment meteting). Regards, Paul J - Original Message - From: Cory or Brenda Waters [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 10:00 AM Subject: the cost of my new camera Hi list, Some of you (the ones who

Re: the cost of my new camera

2001-09-30 Thread Cory or Brenda Waters
Chris wrote: If the negatives are underexposed by a significant amount... why? Did you have the 5n set to spot-meter by mistake? Were you using the built-in flash past 10 feet or letting it provide the majority of light for the exposure? What could have caused it, do you think?

Re: the cost of my new camera

2001-09-30 Thread Ken Archer
Maybe they weren't paying you, but what do they show their grandkids? Film and processing aren't as cheap as they used to be, but they are still cheaper than screwing up a job. Two days ago I put a test roll through my camera to test one of my Vivitar 283 strobes and some diffusers that I

Re: the cost of my new camera

2001-09-30 Thread Chris Brogden
On Sun, 30 Sep 2001, Cory or Brenda Waters wrote: I had the flash set to auto-mode. The setting on the flash calls for F8 when using ISO400 film. Probably a combination of the flash reading the room's lighting wrong and the distances being too high. If you're using f8 at the maximum sync

Re: the cost of my new camera

2001-09-29 Thread Chris Brogden
On Sat, 29 Sep 2001, Cory or Brenda Waters wrote: This morning I took about 170 pictures at a confirmation celebration as the official photographer. I was listed in the program and everything. Got them developed at Wal-Mart this afternoon. Disaster. If the prints look underexposed, how

Re: the cost of my new camera

2001-09-29 Thread Alan Chan
I usually use manual mode when doing indoor shots. The setting I use most: ISO400 print film, f2.8 or 4, 1/30 or 1/60s, TTL flash (or manual flash when the situation allowed). This method has never failed me. regards, Alan Chan Some of you (the ones who have REALLY good memories)may remember