Filmshooting

Couldn't one just use the manual exposure dial instead of messing with the compensation dial?

You definitely can.

I thought it might be a good short cut, though, if I shoot unmodified carts of V2 200T and want to "nail" the exposure at the speed the film is rated; or want to consistenly over ...

T-Scan wrote: No, lets say you have it set to -1/3.. the film will be exposed at -1/3 from whatever the meter is indicating.

Cool that's what I thought.

Actor: Let me/us know how your shots turn out.

Thanks,

Brad

Thanks T-scan.

That helps out a bunch.

Last question on this topic and I will cease and desist. This is actually more about the camera itself.

Do you have to reset the exposure comp dial to (0) before metering every time you compose a new shot?

For example, if I know that I want every shot ...

If you shoot an unmodified V2 200T cartridge from Kodak the internal meter will read it as 100ASA and overexpose by exactly 1 f-stop.

So, if your internal meter is reading an f-stop of 4 you must actually stop the camera down to 5.6 to "nail" the exposure. Is this correct?

Yes, keep in mind ...

It's been quite a while, but I started reading this forum again a few weeks ago. I suppose I might as well be new.

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I did a search of posts and this is what I believe to be fact for Canon 814/1014 XL-S users:

If you shoot an unmodified V2 200T cartridge from Kodak the internal meter ...

Jess,

You wouldn't happen to know where the audio stretching tool in Final Cut Pro would be located? I have FCP 2 right now. If I can find it I might be requesting a step by step instruction later.

Brad

That's what I would do when shooting ektachrome. Just keep the filter switch on Tungsten and attach the 85B to the lens to get proper color correction. Two 85's won't double the color correction, they will just knock down your exposure. Were you trying to maybe use them together as some form of a ND ...