Using a light meter and filters for slide film - Velvia 50 and Ektachrome

Using a light meter and filters for slide film is a great way of ensuring you get the correct exposure without blowing out the brightest areas in your scene. In this video, I shoot Fuji Velvia 50 and Kodak Ektachrome E100 for landscape photography on a black sand beach on the west coast of New Zealand.

My camera of choice for this video is my Hasselblad 503CW, which is a medium format film camera, it has interchangeable film backs and it makes 6 x 6 square format images. I use my 50mm CFI and 150mm CFE lenses with my Sekonic 858D lightmeter.

Did you see my latest book Volcanic Aotearoa New Zealand? It tells Māori legend stories of love and war between New Zealand’s volcanoes, it is a story of how I faced my fear of volcanic activity, and it shows my journey with film photography since 2019.

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[BraeHunziker]

I love chillin and watching your vids man, so good every time. Something special about velvia too. Would love to come shoot some landscapes with ya in NZ sometime!

[jmbaug]

Hasselblad 503CW absolutely beautiful content !

Thanks from London 🇬🇧

[AlejandroGonzalez-AGS]

Nice video...sand reminded me of my coast down in 🇨🇱...very similar... Velvia is tricky ... Cheers.

[tomwolters]

As always great video Stephen and nice shots - I don't mind that not every week something is coming - quality before quantity. And like you said, there is also a life besides photography which is important. Keep up the good work and I look forward to the next one. Greetings from Germany

[rafaelfrontadogomez]

I have just seen a few of your videos and I like them a lot: your film photography and the way you express your emotions in them. The speech at the end of this video appeals me a lot. Thanks for your work and please, never give up taking film photos and sharing them with us.
Greetings from Spain.

[AdamWilkoszarski]

I would love go see a compendium video on slide film - all the info in one place, like exposure latitude and characteristics, how they react to over and under exposure etc. Maybe some day you could share knowledge.

[maythammaskaty]

Thank you sir ;
In my country the films are obsolete and I ve some since
2006 ektachrome EPP ; my fav .

Really enjoyed
Tks again

[tonymckeage]

Great Vlog, wonderful location, fantastic images

[anthonydavis]

Great video. Listening because of your accent. It's so cool.

[filmhowyalike]

Amazing shots, Stephen. I’ve historically only used Provia and in fact I just shot my first 120 roll of Ektachrome last week. But your results with Velvia are really selling it for me. Well done all around and I very much appreciate the technical side of your videos.

[ManofTones]

Thanks for another great video Stephen and congrats on the 2K!

[hughsydney]

Thank you for upload the video and great as always.

[aarons]

That shot at 8 minutes is just beautiful - lovely work Stephen!

[dashael]

Excellent work as ever, mate. Always so happy to see you have a new vid out.

[fairwayfrank]

Enjoy following you through your process. And, yes, sometimes we muck things up a bit, but at the end of the day we've learned something and had yet another fine adventure. Cheers.

[trevorsowers]

E100 and Velvia 50 are the 2 films that I use almost exclusively so I was curious to see what you got here. Your photos show the same thing I’ve observed with V50 is that it has a strong pink cast which gives strong warm colours but whites can sometimes look pinkish. When I want super beautiful whites E100 is beautiful and I add filters for warmth such as the 81A that I almost always use with E100 and occasionally an 81C and if I want that pinkish cast like Velvia then I use a KR3 filter. I really hope these 2 stocks are around for a long time as I love both of them.

[cwfessler]

First time watching one of your videos, Stephen... really enjoyed it man. Super low key, but informative and well paced... nice work!

[larrylindell]

Just found your channel. Thanks for the video and your thoughts. Really appreciate seeing your process including the mistakes. That makes the process very real. Very nice images as well. Thanks again. Keep them coming.

[paultaylorphotography]

Nice work mate fine images. Congrats on the 2k subs well earned it ain’t easy doing what you do so well deserved onwards n up 📷❤️❤️

[tommymonolo]

Absolutely stunning.
I just got a Mamiya 645 100s waiting for film to arrive .. could you let me know roughly what settings you used for the Velvia 50 … that would be great 👍.
Keep shooting your photos are beautiful.
Cheers
Tom.