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February 5th, 2003, 02:05 AM
#1
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I just finished a short film where I used 5 rolls of K40, 3 of them were shot at night with only two 275watt flood lights about 6 inches to a foot away from the subject. The light meter on my canon 814 indicated that it was nearly wide open. Since I don't have the mercury batteries needed to operate the light meter correctly I am using zinc air substitutes, So I went ahead and Shot with it wide open. What do some of you think the results will look like?
I hope I can see some of the subject.
It would totally suck If It came out black.
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February 6th, 2003, 04:01 PM
#2
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two 275 watts, or two 75 watts? either way you'll get something. kodachrome works better than you would expect in low light.
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February 6th, 2003, 04:03 PM
#3
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I would bet it will be coming out black but not full black just fade dark. Let me know about my bet if I lose or not. Thanks!!! Hang in there and stay shoot! Jerome, deaf filmmaker
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February 7th, 2003, 04:58 AM
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=2 face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><table border="0" width="90%" bgcolor="#333333" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="100%"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#FF9900"><tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><font size=2 face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by prograin:
I just finished a short film where I used 5 rolls of K40, 3 of them were shot at night with only two 275watt flood lights about 6 inches to a foot away from the subject. The light meter on my canon 814 indicated that it was nearly wide open. Since I don't have the mercury batteries needed to operate the light meter correctly I am using zinc air substitutes, So I went ahead and Shot with it wide open. What do some of you think the results will look like?
I hope I can see some of the subject.
It would totally suck If It came out black.</font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></BLOCKQUOTE>
It won't be black - if you're light meter needle moved a millimeter, that's good. It means you're not underexposing. My main worry is that the batteries may be the wrong voltage, and as with Nizo 801's which require mercury batteries, other types can give a different reading by (I think) 1 f stop.
Don't worry - it'll be OK - the backgroung may be blackish, but lit areas will render.
Lucas
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February 7th, 2003, 10:38 PM
#5
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6 inches from its' subject should not be a problem unless you use macro for it or ? Jerome, deaf filmmaker
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