tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5233868466116271701.post2276247241907959646..comments2023-06-13T05:45:31.849-04:00Comments on Connecticut Diaries: My Summer ProjectEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16353693465208433306noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5233868466116271701.post-9872501389571833332015-09-14T18:09:44.388-04:002015-09-14T18:09:44.388-04:00Ed, snow is a notoriously difficult subject for an...Ed, snow is a notoriously difficult subject for any light meter. It tries to turn the snow mid-gray. To get it to look right you need to be one or two stops wider than the meter says. With 400 asa film you could try f8 at 125th of a second. Better yet, try the camera on a bright overcast or sunny fall day. The meter should read around f11 at 125th of a second. These are only starting points. With film it is always a good idea to bracket your pictures, but then since you have the scanned images you can always adjust them in Photoshop. My first real camera was a Canon FP single lens reflex with no light meter. Bought it in 1964 and still have it on the shelf. Taken For Grantedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06763027485732267570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5233868466116271701.post-42191305380959439392015-09-14T11:05:22.052-04:002015-09-14T11:05:22.052-04:00Ed, my trusty Pentax still sits on the shelf at ho...Ed, my trusty Pentax still sits on the shelf at home. It is a few years older than yours and simpler. It is a Honeywell Spotmatic, one of the first cameras with through-the-lens metering, but did it was not a spot meter as the name seemed to indicate. And it was not my first SLR... I had a Mamiya SLR camera before that for a year or so but got a real deal on the Pentax. I was working part time afterschool at a camera shop and Honeywell had a special deal for dealers... 15% off the wholesale cost and your initials engraved on the camera (presumably to make it harder to re-sell as new).<br /><br />I shot lot of photos with that camera for the High School Yearbook, then at college for my studies, and still more over the years. It was digital that got me back into everyday photography after tireing of darkrooms and slide projectors. Posting images to the web blog also helps to keep me going... much has it has done for you I imagine.<br /><br />Though I still have the Pentax and few screw mount lenses I have not used the kit in a long time. The meter battery was mercury and you cannot buy that type of battery anymore. But the ease and speed of digital shooting and processing makes it hard to imagine ever going back.John D. Linnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14363389317652839129noreply@blogger.com