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- From: pvk00@RUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Prasad Kongara)
- Newsgroups: rec.photo
- Subject: Slide film and Flash photography
- Message-ID: <42Ld025633cR01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 02:16:33 GMT
- Sender: netnews@ccc.amdahl.com
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- Hi Nettors:
-
- Recently I had a party at my home. I shot several
- rolls of film with my Nikon 8008s and SB-24 combo.
- I shot mostly print film (Kodak Gold) and one roll
- of slide film (Kodachrome 200).
-
- After I got the films developed, I was quite pleased
- with the results of the print film and I was quite
- disappointed with the results of the slide film. All
- slides came out too dark. When I project them, I see
- faces that are too dark with eyes too glittery.
-
- I shot these slides during night, inside my house,
- using a flash. I used all automatic modes for the
- camera as well as the flash for this shooting (Dual
- program, Matrix metering for the camera and TTL Auto
- for the flash).
-
- I am thinking about why the slides came out bad along
- these lines:
-
- 1. Even though prints came out well, my camera meter
- may need calibration. The printing process may be
- masking the problem in the camera meter. But I doubt
- if this is the reason because the slides I took in
- day light with this camera in auto mode came out
- perfectly exposed.
-
- 2. I may have to use some kind of camera/flash compensation
- when I use slide film with flash.
-
- 3. The slide film is not developed right. But this
- is the second time that I got bad slides with flash.
- It will be too much of a coincidence if this is true.
-
- 4. Kodachrome may not be the right type of slide film
- for flash photography. I may have to use different type
- of slide film.
-
- 5. Slide film is not too great for flash photography.
- Just be happy with prints when using flash.
-
- Could somebody please enlighten me ?
-
- - Prasad
-
-
- Disclaimer: All opinions expressed are mine. My company
- has nothing to do with them.
-