how to..? - tech-question

[Florian1234]

Hello,

how do you guys set up your camera to photograph neon-lights on shops at night on a street with switched-on streetlights?

 

[ferider]

400-800ASA, 1/30, f1.4, hand-held.

🙂

 

[MartinP]

incident street light. minus two stops and three stops (bracket)

 

[Florian1234]

Thanks.
At the moment I've loaded a 400 ASA film and my lens goes up to f 2.8 🙂

 

[M. Valdemar]

Bracket. Tripod.

 

[Roger Hicks]

Bracket like fury, with 1-stop rests. The odd thing is that a wide range of exposures is likely to be acceptable -- sometimes 2-3 stops or more. All you get is different moods.

Soon you learn which direction to bracket, and by how much. Too much depends on your metering technique to say which way will work best for you.

Cheers,

R.

 

[crawdiddy]

I would say meter off of the neon, and bracket. Both plus and minus.

Of course, I'm no expert.