York nightshift
An image first uploaded 9 years ago and which has now been through the virtual darkroom once again for some up-to-date grain reduction work. The original upload has been deleted.
Exhaust fumes and leaking steam add to the atmosphere in the wee small hours of a cold winter's night at York station, as class 47 no. 47410 waits time with a rake of Mark 1 carriages on a down East Coast Mainline service.
The somewhat dodgy Zodel CDS Light Meter I was using at the time (a hand-me-down from my Dad) would likely have given me an indicative reading of 15 secs at F5.6.
But after factoring in the 1.6 stop adjustment of the 80B filter I was using for colour correction, then adding 50% for reciprocity failure (film reactivity being non-linear at low light levels), I got a final exposure of 23 seconds at F4-2.8. All a bit finger in the air but, with a couple of additional bracketed exposures, I generally managed to get a keeper.
As suggested above, the Zodel meter wasn't the most competent one on the block, but being familiar with its traits was a real help. In fact I see one is currently available on eBay for just £13 plus postage - perhaps an investment beckons for old times sake!
Agfa CT18
4th February 1978
York nightshift
An image first uploaded 9 years ago and which has now been through the virtual darkroom once again for some up-to-date grain reduction work. The original upload has been deleted.
Exhaust fumes and leaking steam add to the atmosphere in the wee small hours of a cold winter's night at York station, as class 47 no. 47410 waits time with a rake of Mark 1 carriages on a down East Coast Mainline service.
The somewhat dodgy Zodel CDS Light Meter I was using at the time (a hand-me-down from my Dad) would likely have given me an indicative reading of 15 secs at F5.6.
But after factoring in the 1.6 stop adjustment of the 80B filter I was using for colour correction, then adding 50% for reciprocity failure (film reactivity being non-linear at low light levels), I got a final exposure of 23 seconds at F4-2.8. All a bit finger in the air but, with a couple of additional bracketed exposures, I generally managed to get a keeper.
As suggested above, the Zodel meter wasn't the most competent one on the block, but being familiar with its traits was a real help. In fact I see one is currently available on eBay for just £13 plus postage - perhaps an investment beckons for old times sake!
Agfa CT18
4th February 1978