would like the guide for 35mm film light speeds/use to be on the film package?sun,indoor,shade ect.?

Question

Like to know the different settings for 35mm film,for different lighting situations for 200 & 400 film. Have older EX EE Canon and would like the guide for different lighting like indoors and outdoors, sunshine,shade. This used to be on the package of film for ease of setting camera.

Answer 1

200 Speed here:

http://www.kodak.com/global/plugins/acrobat/en/consumer/products/techInfo/e7022/E7022.pdf

400 Speed here:

http://www.kodak.com/eknec/documents/e6/0900688a802f3ee6/E7019E_en.pdf

Just print it out, then use a scissors for the guide part.

EDIT: oh yeah, should mention the "Sunny 16" rule, which says that at full noon sunshine, the exposure is f/16 with a shutter speed of 1/ISO. So with 200 speed film, it would be 1/250 at f/16 on a sunny day and with 400 speed film it would be 1/500 at f/16 (since 1/500 is closer than 1/250 to being 1/ISO).

As the light dims, you need to either open the aperture up or use a slower shutter speed.

Indoors....use a flash or get an exposure meter if you want to go flashless. You can get cheap used exposure meters on eBay.

Answer 2

At the very least you'll ruin the last 4 shots or so. If it's a newer camera that winds the film out of the canister first (it makes a whirring sound after you load the canister and close the back), then you won't have additional ruined shots. If it's an older camera in which you crank a lever or turn a dial to advance the film, then you could have additional ruined shots depending on how bright the light was at the time you prematurely opened the back. Good luck.

Answer 3

Hello Barbara.

Your camera has a meter built -in.

Outdoors you should have no problem using it. You can always use the Rule of 16 - "In bright sunlight, set your f-stop to f16 and your shutter speed to the reciprocal of the film speed." In other words, with ASA/ISO 100 film you'd use f16 and 1/125 shutter speed.

Indoors is more problematic and you may have to either use a tripod or a flash. ASA/ISO 800 would definitely help.