I just got into Large format and I have been using medium format for about a year. I took the following cameras with me on a recent vacation: Canon 5D w 17-40, Tachihara with 75 nikon, Holga and Pentax 67 with 45mm.
The best and keepers I got were from my 5d. My Pentax gave me a couple of good ones and so did the holga. The Tachihara light leaked all my shots, I bought it used. I really like using film but I can't seem to nail the sunset shots right. I used hitech filters .6 and .9 grads with a polarizer on my cameras to try to tone down the sunsets and get a nice exposure on the foreground.
With the film cameras I got a dark foreground with a properly exposed sunset. I used an old sekonic light meter for my Tachihara for the exposure. I used the pentaxs' on board light meter. I used velvia 50, fuji 160vc in the pentax and velvia 100f in the Tachihara. What can I do to correct this problem with the film cameras? Is it possible that you cannot get a properly exposed foreground with a sunset. Also note that the sunsets were taken when the sun was almost under that horizon and the color in the clouds were at there peak.
With the 5d I was able to bracket my shots and then I can blend them later in PS. This is the only reason why I like digital. I would really like to nail the film shots. Does anyone have any suggestions. I loved how the velvia 50 film looks on a light board.
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