From: Sam Wells (email suppressed)
Date: Mon Mar 24 2008 - 06:53:21 PDT
Ken, as you had the teleconverter on when you did the in-camera
metering (right ?) then you don't want to open up to compensate. (For
"allowing" I meant in comparison to not using it).
I did the brackets with the dslr as it responds to overexposure much
as a reversal film stock does.
Hotter = brighter (and risk of overexposing detail on the moon's
surface - pretty high-con object !) but one might want the moon to
say "bright"
It sounds like you're on the right track and may in fact have nailed it
-Sam
On Mar 24, 2008, at 12:02 AM, Ken Paul Rosenthal wrote:
> Thanks for the input Sam.
>
> Yes, our meters read exactly the same; f8/11 split, with the ASA
> set at 80 to take into account that my S8 camera's shutter angle is
> 150 degrees, not 180.
>
> Keep in mind that I'm shooting Reversal Stocks--Plus-X and EK 100D,
> both rated at 100ASA--so my exposures need to be dead on, not
> 'hotter'. By 'hotter' I presume you meant overexposing??
>
> Ah, but of course--the Teleconverter!!! Hmm, now I'm curious to see
> what reading the in-camera meter will give me without the
> Teleconverter. But then, as Fred cautioned, the moon will take up
> even less of the frame, even if it's centered, and therefore the
> camera meter might weight the reading more towards the night sky.
>
> All that said, would you recommend shooting at f5.6 with the
> Teleconvertor, or staying at f8? Of course the test roll will bear
> out the results, but I'm curious in the meantime.
>
> Re flare, I have a second Canon 1014xls and it bears the same
> artifacts, so I don't think there's something 'wrong' with the
> lens, rather it's not a pro lens. Though as far as S8 cameras go,
> it's among the finest.
>
> Thanks, Ken
>
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