Maybe more of a comment then a question, but in autobracketing on my Elan IIE in shooting Velvia, I was AMAZED at how well the meter on this camera worked. On 95% of the shots out in Bryce, Zion, Grand Canyon, and Monument Valley, I am throwing away an over exposed and an under exposed slide(the 2nd and 3rd shot in the three shot autobracketing), and keeping the slide the camera correctly metered for. I autobracketed for one stop over and under. Maybe 1/2 stop autobracketing would have given me finer choices in correct exposure, but I am happy with the results.. Any thoughts?

-- mario giberti (mjg111@flash.net), June 19, 1999

Answers

I have found my Elan IIE to be faily accurate with slide film too. If anything, it leans ever so slightly toward overexposure. With slide film, bracket in half stops, since you can't do 1/3 stops with this camera (okay, you can play with the ISO setting on each shot). The only time I have seen any underexposure problems were flash shots with print film. +1/2 FEC cures that too though, and may be more a matter of personal taste anyway. I tend to overexpose print film on purpose anyway, especially with flash. I guess it comes from taking advice from someone who only used VPS for the last 20 or so years...

-- Brad (bhutcheson@iname.com), June 19, 1999.

If you are using more than 1/2 stop bracketing for slides, then you will have what seem to be a perfectly exposed orignal shot fromt he meter. With 1/2 stop brackets you can see differences with various parts of the photo that would have been better. I often find that the first shot from the meter is the best one. However, if you don't bracket, you will never know for sure. Once, you get there, two extra 35mm frames are really cheapo and worth it.

-- Chris Gillis (cagillis@concentric.net), June 20, 1999.