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From: hav@dual.UUCP (Helen Anne Vigneau)
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Question about ASA compensation
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Date: Fri, 25-Jan-85 19:11:16 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 25 19:11:16 1985
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<*munch*>

I am looking for help in determining how to compensate for a film speed that
is not available on the ASA setting on my camera.  My camera is a Pentax ME
Super.  I generally operate it in the automatic mode, because I'm fairly
camera-illiterate.  It looks, though, as if I'm going to have to do a little
more learning.

Last weekend as I was excitedly putting my first roll of 1000 ASA film into
my camera (hoping to see how well the film works) I discovered, *much* to my
chagrin, that the camera's ASA settings in the range I need go straight from
800 to 1600.  Obviously, I set the ASA meter to 800, which is closest to what
I need, but I'm afraid that I'll still get overexposed photographs from this.

My question is this:  Does anyone out there have any experience in
compensating for this type of discrepancy?  I assume I'll have to go to
manual mode, but I'd like to know a little more specifically what's needed
and what experiences (and luck!) others have had with such shenanigans.

Please respond soon; I probably won't be using the film until I find out
something.

Helen Anne