I am using Ilford HP5 400 black and white film and a old canon camera!. My question is, does my camera need to be set to 400 ASA to get quality pictures!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Set your camera to 400 ASA!. ISO and ASA are the same standard!. ChrisWww@QuestionHome@Com ISO is a standard used to evaluate the film's sensitivity based on ideal test conditions!. Your choice of setting is called E!.I (exposure Index), and you can set it to whatever you believe would give the best result with your developing and printing techniques!. For instance, for more contrast, you could set the E!.I!. higher (say E!.I!. 500 on your meter) thus underexposing and compensate by overdeveloping the film!. You could take the opposite approach by over exposing (setting the E!.I!. to 320) and under developing the film to lower contrast!. Film exposure, and subsequent development is a matter of personal preference and takes in style, camera and enlarger, developing techniques and paper selection!. Whew!Www@QuestionHome@Com Assuming you have manual adjustments on your camera, use the f/16 rule- "To take pictures in sunlight, set your aperture opening to f16 and your shutter speed to the number closest to the ASA of the film"!. In this case aperture f16, shutter 1/500 second!. You should get great pictures in sunlight!. HP5 400 can also be used in the shade, but it gets a bit trickier!. Open two stops (f8) for sky lit or thin overcast; more for darker situations!. I am not sure where you are coming from with this question; but, If your lightmeter is broken, try getting a handheld lightmeter- you should be able to find cheap ones on eBay!.Www@QuestionHome@Com I usually set HP-5 to 200 or 320 then develop about a minute or two less!. But I like pictures with a lot of shadow in them, If the pictures have a lot of bright areas, then maybe 640 or 800 and l develop about 2 mins more!. But photography is creative, so do what looks best!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Depending on your camera model, it may read your ISO for you from the barcode on the film!. But you can manually set the ISO!. There should be a section on your knob labled "ISO!." It's fairly easy, but you do DEFINITELY need to have your ISO set otherwise your camera will try to take in/keep out the wrong amount of light for you film!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Yes!. Set to 400 ASA!. Same as you would for colour film!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |