"KC" <kc12345@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>I usually try to set my exposure so that there will be a whitest white
and
>blackest black, using the full range of illumination. I use manual mode
a
>lot, and set ISO, aperature and shutter speed accordingly. I have a
Canon
>S3.
>
> Occasionally, in below average lighting conditions, I can't adjust the
S3
> to get a black black and white white. I get shots which can have a
white
> white and blacks stop at gray, or a black black with whites that stop at
> gray.
>
> Is this normal and just the nature of certain exposures or is there
always
> a way to get a full range of lighting?
>
> SC
The problem is in your second paragraph: "below average lighting
conditions". You could however select a film with an extended range, or
you
could adjust the developement to shift the image on the film's
charcteristic
curve.
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