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how to shoot indoors in low light rooms i recently got a mamiya rz67 and it is underexposing my film that I usually use for my 35mm camera which is fuji 800 color negative film. I am having trouble getting the correct exposure because I am so used to my 35mm camera and the way it exposes. my trouble is that when I use flash in these rooms that I photograph, the picture comes out way overexposed.if I use available light, it is underexposed. I have tried pushing the film at the photo lab and it always comes out different. i don't know what to do, since long exposures too have caused blurry results due to my subjects moving(i tell them not too!) how do you take a good photograph inside a room with little light? i want the most natural results possible. i just shot some film last week at 1/60 and f 4.5. the rooms had a lot of sun that day, but I find myself afraid to develop the rolls cause I don't know how to proceed. my camera is underexposing so I need to push but how much? i would of been safer at 1/30 but it is too late now and these pictures are very important to me. i don't have a light meter because when I use one in these rooms it is always the exposure that is too long. please help! i know nothing about strobes, hot lights, etc. basically I am a color bruce davidson type. thank you
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Kerry L. Walker |
The Mamiya will expose the same film the same way your 35mm does. Basically, film is film. Your camera is underexposing because you don't have enough light. You need to use a meter! I don't understand your comment about not using a meter "because when I use one in these rooms it is always the exposure that is too long". The meter doesn't affect the exposure. It simply will tell you whether you have enough light. If you don't, you need to either increase the aperature, decrease the shutter speed (providing it is not too long), or add light (flash). If it is overexposed when you use flash, you have given it too much light. Set your shutter speed at the sync speed for your camera, set your flash on auto, and set your aperature at about f/8 and experiment.
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Michael H. Cothran |
There's no way to do this without a good meter, and you just need to learn how to use yours better. The RZ has a fantastic meter itself, when coupled to the AE prism. For flash, you'll need a flash meter also. There's no reason you cannot get fabulous shots with your RZ. Personally, I'd scrap the 800 speed film. Michael H. Cothran www.mhcphoto.net
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