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Off to the mountains on the weekend and want to take some film images while I'm away.

Will have Ektar 100 and Poundland 200 - am I right in thinking I should lower the ISO settings 1 to 2 stops to compensate with snowy landscapes?

I'm getting my under and over exposure comps all confused!
 
narbs said:
m I right in thinking I should lower the ISO settings 1 to 2 stops to compensate with snowy landscapes?
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Yes.

Lowering the iso makes it overexpose, which is what you want. to compensate for the bright snow.
 
Thank you!

Half an hour's googling left me questioning my logic and sanity.
 
narbs said:
Thank you!

Half an hour's googling left me questioning my logic and sanity.
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Just think that the meter wants to make it grey, like a standard grey card. How do you make it white again - overexpose.
 
If you're on manual exposure you can meter as normal (reflectively) and open up (shutterspeed / aperture) by a stop and a half to two stops. That usually works for me with transparency film, which ain't at all forgiving.
Or you can meter incidently ... or you can meter reflectively off say the palm of your hand (which is a bit lighter than a mid-tone) ... and in both these cases set the camera as the meter reading
 
Huh..?

Crushed by the weight of opinion.....:ROFLMAO:

When I'm shooting snowy landscapes, I underexpose because I want detail in the snow, not a white out

just thought I'd chuck that in there........for balance......and to utterly confuse the op of course

I suppose it depends on the ratio of snow vs not snow in the scene, and how you want to record it.

:)
 
joxby said:
Huh..?

Crushed by the weight of opinion.....:ROFLMAO:

When I'm shooting snowy landscapes, I underexpose because I want detail in the snow, not a white out

just thought I'd chuck that in there........for balance......and to utterly confuse the op of course

I suppose it depends on the ratio of snow vs not snow in the scene, and how you want to record it.

:)
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Ratio is definitely important. Gotta be a middle ground between detail in the snow and over-exposing it. Either way camera will be confused :-).
 
narbs said:
Half an hour's googling left me questioning my logic and sanity.
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You managed a full half hour??, ....Well done!.... 10 mins and I'm scrambled:wacky::D
 
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