Slide film with T

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Just wondering about your experiences shooting slide film with the T. I'm headed to Mongolia on Saturday and was thinking about shooting a couple of rolls of velvia with the T.
 
Nobody shoots slides? I'll just shoot some for the hell of it, the Contax T is great with all other film, guess it will be great for slides too.
 
Enjoy your trip! :) I don't ever shoot transparency film, and my T is a Voigtlander, so I'm no help to you...
 
I've shot a lot of slide film through my T with no problems at all.. just keep in mind that the meter will always expose for highlights
 
If the meter and the shutter are accurate, there's no reason to go wrong. With all cameras that have TTL meters, I have used the poor man's grey card -- the palm of a hand -- to set exposure. Open up one and a half stops from what the meter says. Hand in the same light as the subject.
 
Thanks everyone for the for the advice. The exposure bracketing tip sounds good for print film too.
 
steamer said:
Just wondering about your experiences shooting slide film with the T. I'm headed to Mongolia on Saturday and was thinking about shooting a couple of rolls of velvia with the T.
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Be prepared for the nicest people with the worst food on earth. Also be prepared to bring plenty of film; Mongolia is different enough to inspire photography at every turn.

Michael
 
Hey Michael
This is visit number seven and if I can get all the papers straightened out, I will finally be getting married to my long-suffering Mongolian sweetheart next week. I actually enjoy the food and over the past few years it has gotten better and more varied. Helps if you like mutton. Different is the word, different like another planet.
 
Here is on example from the trip. Velvia with the T. Thanks for all the advice.

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It was very nice, but a week was way too short. I spent the whole time shuffling papers and getting translations of documents so I could get married. It's like a trip to another planet, so it's never a dull moment.
 
steamer said:
It was very nice, but a week was way too short. I spent the whole time shuffling papers and getting translations of documents so I could get married. It's like a trip to another planet, so it's never a dull moment.
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I spent a couple of weeks in the Henti Mountains far from any road, electricity, telephone etc. If not another planet at least another century - we were even robbed of a generator by a thief on horseback! Not that getting robbed is a typical Mongolian experience; more common is to ride up to a strange ger and be overwhelmed with hospitality (and alcohol). It may be that a major export now is beautiful women; one family had photos of their daughter who married a German and the grandkids who came from Germany each year in the Spring to ride the horses - amazing to see family photos taken in Europe in a windy valley 150 miles from the Siberian border.

Michael
 
Sounds great, It really feels like what I imagine he old West was like, except with camels. I could use a couple of weeks in Khentii, I've promised myself next time I will go to Gobi/Altai and visit the country relatives for a couple weeks. The women are beautiful, and the locals are not altogether thrilled when an auslander marries one, from what I could see.
 
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