Hello, I am using the four by five inch format to photograph indian corn. My problem is that I don't own a meter. I am using bright really bright, fall sunlight from an open window. I inherited a Nikkor enlarging lens. I have read that the exposures can be quite long, but haven't come across any numbers. I will develop today (using 125 film and dx developer in daylight lab) and have been keeping notes. I am just curious about what is "long?" First two exposures were 1min, and 2min. Then I double that 4min to 8min. I will go from there, but thought people here could give me some estimates concerning fstops and time. Another question is: what stop is recommended for good all around shooting to start with? f11, f8, f5.6? I know shooting this way (blindly) has alot of pitfalls, but am anxious and am learning alot while I go, also if anyone has pages that I should see please post them. Thank you and have a good day. patrick ps just switched the lens around and was able to get approxmately full bellows extension which if i remember is 20-30inches, can someone also comment on the effect of lengthening bellows and the exposure time needed to compensate. Something like: for every x inches add Y time. I know it wont be that easy but ball park is what I am looking for. Also, I have 35 mm pentax super me, any possibility this could work as meter? Thank you for your help!
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