Canon T70 and B/W film questions

[Pfreddee]

I recently picked up a working, pristine Canon T70 at the local SPCA (don't ask!🙄; I was forbidden to get a kitty, by She Who Must Be Obeyed), and I got a 50mm f/1.8 FD mount lens for it at Pro Camera in Charlottesville, Virginia. Since the camera is probably set for slide film exposure, what recommendations do the members have about setting the ISO for B/W film? Exposure compensation is accomplished by re-setting the ISO in camera.

Thanks to all who reply.

With best regards,

Pfreddee(Stephen)

 

[farlymac]

Best thing is to get and read the owners manual, then shoot a roll at box speed to see if any compensation of the system is needed.

PF

 

[gb hill]

I shot with my T70 today. I use it to photograph trains. What do you mean by the camera being set for slide film? You set the ASA by the type of film you put in it. 400 speed film you set it to 400, 200 asa film, 200. You do have two ways of metering with that camera. Like today I was using my 28mm lens so I set the program to wide & metered using either partial AE or Average metering. With a 50mm lens set it to program or if you want full manual then set it to Av. It's a good camera, enjoy!

 

[gb hill]

Here is the manual. Very helpful when I got mine.
http://www.butkus.org/chinon/canon/canon_t70/canon_t70.htm

 

[redisburning]

if you really think that the meter is underexposing from 18% grey for slides (which is reasonable), just give it an extra 1/3rd of a stop. So rate 100 at 80 and so forth.

exposure and development are relative anyway. is there a sensitometrically "best" combination of the two? yes, if you are willing to make assumptions as to what is the best.

besides, the tolerance on slide film is a lot lower than b&w and I never even had any trouble with 1/3rd of a stop except if I was shooting Velvia 50 and I was already giving it a bit more juice (common for many, though not so much for me). set your meter 1/2 a stop over if you like and it wont make a difference for b&w film under many conditions. once you get to a full stop you might seeing something, unless you have a super rigid development routine in which case you could detect any difference at all.

but if you did, wouldn't you just use a spot meter and test strips to determine what rating you want for your meter with each individual film?

 

[Monz]

I recently picked up a working, pristine Canon T70 at the local SPCA (don't ask!🙄; I was forbidden to get a kitty, by She Who Must Be Obeyed), and I got a 50mm f/1.8 FD mount lens for it at Pro Camera in Charlottesville, Virginia. Since the camera is probably set for slide film exposure, what recommendations do the members have about setting the ISO for B/W film? Exposure compensation is accomplished by re-setting the ISO in camera.

Thanks to all who reply.

With best regards,

Pfreddee(Stephen)

I had a T70 for 12 years until the winder died (I had it repaired but it died again a year later). I used it with mostly colour print film and black and white film. Just set the ISO at the box speed of your film and shoot. Print film is pretty forgiving of minor exposure errors.

The following picture was scanned from a 7x5 print. It was taken by me in 1986 using a T70 and a Tamrom 28-80 SP zoom lens.


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