Question about shooting Kodak E100G

[Hjortsberg]

I found that when I shot some E100G at a parade this past New Years Day it looked better underexposed by a one and a half stops.

I understand better is a subjective word, however, is there some sort of a general consensus among photographers that Kodak's E100G (or slide film in general) should be underexposed a bit.

I bought 5 rolls of E100G film so I could shoot some while I still had the chance. I know that when shooting a reversal film my exposure values need to be dead on. So, I was just kinda asking in a general way.

thanks!

 

[Robert Lai]

Slide films are prone to highlight blowout, so underexposing may help there. However, you then risk blocked up shadows. I usually use an incident light hand-held meter, and set the camera on manual exposure mode when shooting slides. The incident light reading helps to prevent blowout of the highlights, as you are measuring the actual light falling on the scene.

 

[charjohncarter]

Incident meter, but if you shoot Velvia 50 you will be able to get blown highlights and blocked shadows in the same shot. In 1963 a pro recommended when I had your problem with Kodachrome 25 that I use ASA/EI (in those days) 32, and that did give improved saturation. That is only a half or a third of a stop but it worked. If you use an in-camera meter you can adjust the ISO setting. Roger Hicks has talked on his website about this problem, and I remember him saying/writing that all good incamera meters at geared to reading the highlights so this protects slide film shooters.

This is a link to Roger's slide exposure capsule.

http://rogerandfrances.com/subscription/ps%20expo%20slide.html