Hi Thor: Yes, I find exposure tables very useful for the purpose. I think this is a good exposure table; BTW, you always add a bit of experience: http://www.fredparker.com/ultexp1.htm Carlos 2015-01-10 14:53 GMT-03:00 Thor Legvold <tlegvold@xxxxxx>: > Hi Carlos, > > how do you determine proper exposure when taking pictures at night? > > I realize this is a digital shot and you can merely adjust your settings > and take another until you’re satisfied, but when shooting film, are there > any good guidelines people here follow to ensure adequate and proper > exposure? > > Thor > > On 10. jan. 2015, at 18:31, CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > When we were navigating along the river Paraná, the ship passed under > the International cable- stayed bridge and I took a photograph with one of > the towers in the foreground and my city in the background. It was taken > last Sunday in the morning, with the 2.8C Xenotar and a Rollei red filter > to darken the sky: > > > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/itarfoto/16243241312/ > > > > We returned in the evening; I had no film and wanted a nocturnal view > from the middle of the river about the bridge and the city. I still had the > Panasonic Lumix DMC LX7, a P&S compact digital camera provided with a > Leica f1.4 24mm-90mm nano coated 35mm lens equivalent, and took this image > at f 1.4 (lens wide open), 24mm equivalent (wide angle), at 1/15 ISO 1600, > camera hand-held without flash: > > > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/itarfoto/15625141683/ > > > > Carlos > > > > 2015-01-08 6:30 GMT-03:00 CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>: > > Last Sunday we visited a site called "Club del Río" (River's Club), > close to the San Ignacio town (the town with XVIIth century Jesuitic > missions ruins; you can see them in my Flickr gallery) 60 km from my city, > using the fluvial way. My first idea was to carry the 2.8C for B&W shots > and the 3,5F for color shots, but it would required an additional bag, too > bulky; I finally carried the 2,8C only, using a TMax 400 in the morning and > for a few hours after the noon and a Portra 400 color negative in the > afternoon (I also had a Lumix LX7 with Leica lens, but it's a different > story...) > > > > I had thought a color pano using the morning light, but we arrived > almost at noon and the light was gone. I needed to finish the TMax 400 to > load the Portra 400 and took these three frames from the opposite side > regarding my original idea, I used a light tripod and the Rolleifix. The > stitched pano (PS Elements Photomerge) has trees and geometric forms in the > foreground, very close to the camera (f22), however I think the image looks > natural because the rotation axis was about the lens exit pupil distance. > > The TMax 400 was developed with Romek PQ 7 developer (Phenidone) > > > > I uploaded the image largest size allowed in Flickr: 2048 pixels for the > longest side: > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/itarfoto/15604104704/ > > > > Carlos > > > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > >