Hi everyone,
I have a few quick questions to help me get started..
I have recently purchased my first view camera and lens.. however I do not own a light meter.. I was planning to use one of my surplus Nikon DSLR's with a telephoto lens as a spot meter for the time being. Something in the realms of a 200mm~300mm lens for metering. I know the spare nikon I have has a brilliant meter, and I know the films I will be using (Providing Velvia 100 and Velvia 50 sheet film responds to light the same way the 120 roll film Velvias do) Then I should be able to meter the shadows and highlights, and with some math, figure out my overall exposure for a given scene.
Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
Also.. My current tripod/head set up is a Manfrotto 055XproB with a RRS BH-55 ball head. The head is able to hold 18kgs easily enough, however the tripod is rated to 8kgs.
I have shot using a Nikon D3s and Nikon 300 F/2.8 (easily 4.5kg total weight) on this tripod/head combination, however the most weight I've had on it for long exposure work is a D3X + 14-24 F/2.8 totaling about 2.6kgs.. My large format setup will be the Linhof Kardan Super Color ST and Caltar 90 F/8 plus the weight of a filter or two and film holder.. Maybe 4~5kgs... I suppose this is really a case of "try it and see" but I was wanting to get some experienced oppinions about size and strength of tripod required for a 4x5 wide angle setup.
Thanks.
Alex.
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