Exposure instructions please

**Levi** · July 25th, 2003, 05:54 PM

One more thing, I have no idea on what the shutter speed of my camera is. 1/30??

**Alex** · July 25th, 2003, 07:25 PM

Doubling the frame rate is a good start. But probably add another bit to that.

So if you are shooting at 16FPS, I would GUESS it's 1/40th.

**Mike Buckles** · July 26th, 2003, 03:36 AM

F 5.6 is good too..guess I'm getting too used to the slightly faster Kodachrome 64 and Ektachrome 100 from my slide taking!!!

**Corey D.** · October 23rd, 2003, 11:17 PM

Ok, I shot the scene a few months ago. Tomorrow, I'm going to shoot another dream sequence. I'm using the same camera and the same film. I'm shooting in a bathroom. So I'm thinking maybe I'll use one 650watt light aimed at the ceiling and the camera at f3.5. If that's not enough light, I have 2 650watts.

I'd appreciate any help,
Corey

**Alex** · October 23rd, 2003, 11:37 PM

All I can say is you are a brave individual for shooting two completely different scenes months apart on the same cartridge of film.

I would be dying to know how the first shot came out and would have already finished the first cartridge and probably already sent it in by now.

I say probably because I have a bunch of film I have yet to have processed. [img]redface.gif[/img]

I think f-4.0 is probably a safe haven. But I'm not sure if any of us should be saying definitely shoot at this f-stop or that f-stop unless you could provide a picture of the bathroom that includes the ceiling to the floor, no easy task.

**Corey D.** · October 23rd, 2003, 11:44 PM

All I can say is you are a brave individual for shooting two completely different scenes months apart on the same cartridge of film.
I would be dying to know how the first shot came out and would have already finished the first cartridge and probably already sent it in by now.

<font size="2" face="verdana, sans-serif">Sorry, I worded that badly. I meant that I'm shooting the same type of film. I would be already dead if I had to wait that long for my film. It's being transferred to MiniDV right now.

I'll try to get a picture of the bathroom soon.

Thanks!
Corey

**Corey D.** · October 24th, 2003, 01:14 AM

Here it is -

bathroomcopy

I had to run all the way to stage 12 to take this pic! Just kidding, this is my bathroom. Oh, the things it has seen.

Anyway, I took the picture without the 650w light. And this is the general area that most of the action will be taking place.

I used photostitch to put 3 different pictures into one, so that's what those blurry areas are from.

Thanks
Corey

**Alex** · October 24th, 2003, 01:21 AM

The mark of a finisher! Ask for a picture, and Corey DELIVERS. (Is that what the d stands for?)

I'm going to go out on a limb because I don't know what your scene entails and say just go with the lights already in the bathroom.

Unless I'm being fooled by a picture that is showing the room brighter than it ever is, I think you have plenty of light that will soften from bouncing around the walls and ceiling, and this also ensures less hassles with seeing lights and light stands in all those mirrors.

Shoot as is!