Decided to go on an adventure here. Visited my parents and left with my dad's/ my canon ae-1 which I haven't used in ten to fifteen years. Want to play around a bit with some film photography but suddenly I realized how dependent i have been on digital and how much i really don't know. Its going to be a good stretch for my brain but i was wondering if anyone has any advice for me as well as things i need to be aware of as far as differences between film and digital. I have a fujicolor 100 and a kodak (b&w) professional 100 tmax as far as rolls of film go. My plans are to go to an old abandoned building on top of a hill the outside lighting conditions are sunny and bright. It has a small interior and probably average poorly lit conditions on the inside. What are some things i need to know in relation to film that i need to know. I was told about the sunny 16 rule for bright outside lighting but that's all i really know. My technical skill isn't very good. (btw dad doesnt know i took the camera =P lol )
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One of the biggest differences between film and digital is that you are limited to one ISO for as long as you have a particular roll in the camera. It forces you to think more about the light and how it will affect the shot. You also have less information from a typical scan when you wish to bring a shot into the computer unless you have the neg/positive scanned professionally.
Make notes of exposure combinations so you know what you did, otherwise you may not learn much.
The smaller the aperture the less light gets to the film, but depth of field is better
so small app. calls for longer exposure. Larger app, less depth of field but more light to the film shorter exposure time. Bracket your attempts. set of three pics , three different apertures and or exposure times. Good luck, hope to see how you have done.
Reciprocity failure is a biggie. If you are doing low-light stuff, and therefore time exposures, you will need to double the calculated time if it is one second or more, or triple it if it is 10 seconds or more. So, if you calculate you need a 2-second shot, make it 4 seconds. If you think you need a 10-second shot, make it 30 seconds.
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It will give you a guide.
One of the biggest differences between film and digital is that you are limited to one ISO for as long as you have a particular roll in the camera. It forces you to think more about the light and how it will affect the shot. You also have less information from a typical scan when you wish to bring a shot into the computer unless you have the neg/positive scanned professionally.
Make notes of exposure combinations so you know what you did, otherwise you may not learn much.
so small app. calls for longer exposure. Larger app, less depth of field but more light to the film shorter exposure time. Bracket your attempts. set of three pics , three different apertures and or exposure times. Good luck, hope to see how you have done.