When I read that excerpt about buying an F5 and dumping the old
equipment I pritner rolled on the floor. I've blown more
exposures in program modes than I ever have just guessing the
exposure without a meter!
Remember those day, you old fogies? Remember actually reading
the exposure tables printed on the inside of the box (used to be
on an info sheet, but that really dates us). Remember boxes?
Ahem.
Anyway, my results are quite similar to John Lind's except I'll
have 2-3 misfires per roll, instead of his typical zero. No big
deal. Framing errors? Rarely. Exposure errors? Usually
equipment in nature (OM-2S fuzzy ASA dial), or flash problems.
When I get my slides back, I immediately toss the blurred shots
and those which are obviously not usable (car zipped into the
scene, etc) or are such an embarressment that I'm ashamed to
show my face at the lab. Those are history!
I have a tendency to file (in protective sheets and organized in
categories) ALL remaining pictures, even though they may not be
technically perfect or composed correctly. Few are gallary
grade or even warrent any promotion whatsoever, but invariably,
it is the tossable shots that will find limited use in the
future. More than once I've used a picture of the ground (loaded
new roll of film) in a multimedia composition as a background.
I've got a pictures of sunsets that I've purposefully composed
way off center to make the newtons rings fall in the opposite
side which results in a half-frame image of a perfect sunset.
One time, I did this to the last frame on the roll and the roll
was damaged during processing (dip/dunk) where one half that
shot was misprocessed, but the image was still perfect.
Another thing is that I have a tendency to compose for 8x10
instead of 8x12 and also allow for full-bleed printing. As such,
most pictures have plenty of margin to allow "wiggle-room" but
may not be as ideal for projection.
Frankly, I've rarely shot for slide show projection and now
projection means multimedia projectors with the standard 3x4
framing. Church multmedia is now a major part of my marketing
right now. At my current rate, I'll have supplied close to 100
images by the end of the year to clients. Average projection
size is 9x12 feet. Money is mediocre, but the exposure is
fantastic. Made possible with the acquisition of a slide
scanner. Actually works well to promote print sales.
Projection is tricky (has to work well as a background for text
in low contrast situations) and the vast bulk of your finest
work is unusable.
F5 to cure your exposure problems? Yup, I suppose so.
Ken N.
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