For shooting flash + daylight in BRIGHT light, slow-speed color slide film is pretty handy, since at say ISO 50, you have f/16 at 1/60 f/11 at 1/125, and f/8 at 1/250. YES, flash power can be adjusted up or down, as needed, for the right amount of flash, as desired. You want a different ISO? To get that effectively or 'in effect', you need to use Neutral Density filters, or a polarizer, to cut down the light, OR switch film rolls. If you have a 1/200 X-synch dial, it is the first FM-2 style. The shutter speed dials on the original FM-2 and the later (n) variant have slightly different markings. FM-2 synchs up to 1/200 the later FM-2(n) model has the 1/250 X-synch that was a world's first in a production 35mm SLR. To check synchronization, hook up the flash as it will be used, and with an empty camera, set the lens to wide-open(f/1.4 or 1/8 or f/2 or whatever is wide-open aperture), then open the camera back, and point the camera at a wall or large even-toned object and fire off a shot as you look at the shutter area and into where the lens will be when the shutter fires.if you see a big, ROUND aperture when the shutter fires, you're good to go, and the flash is synchronizing. I have something like 4-5 weeks to do this so its not a terrible rush but the sooner I am shooting, the better I will feel about getting this done in time. I was just going to use my TLR and do some landscape kind of stuff but I guess he felt it was a cop outĪnyway thank you guys for any information. I have a final project that my teacher wants me to shoot on film (we are making 17x22 prints) and push myself in the fashion/portrait side of things.

Am I just out of luck and would have to change to a different roll of film to attain the different settings? Or would I just turn the power down on the strobes forcing me to open up the aperture more while maintaining the same shutter speed? Ok so Im from a spoiled generation where everything is all digital and done for us so please bare with me, how do I make sure my film camera (Nikon FM2) is properly synced to a strobe light using a PC cord? Im assuming I input my information into a light meter (Film ISO, shutter speed) plug the PC cord into the light meter, take a reading and it will give me the correct aperture to use? What if I want to shoot with a shallower DoF or maybe even have more? From my limited knowledge I remember that the camera only syncs up at one certain shutter speed (I think its 125th?) and I cant change my ISO on the fly.

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