>>3595460If you're shooting color or B&W negative you can just guess and get good exposure, assuming you can get within -2/+4 stops. Only with slide film do you really need to be exact. For this shot I set the camera's light meter to ASA 800 and subtracted 4 EV from the reading and set it manually. I think I metered on the pavement and set +1 or +1.5 EV above that. If your meter/camera doesn't support EV readings then it will be more difficult but not impossible. A trick I use is to set my Mamaiya 6 for long exposures is to set the ASA 6 stops faster so it reads directly in minutes instead of seconds.
If I can drunkenly meter for this exposure using a 1968 camera with meter on slide film then you should be able to use negative film and a better camera.
Your focal length, aperture, and camera will dictate what shutter speed you can handhold. 1/30 is easy with a normal lens, 1/15 or slower too if you brace your arm on something. Shoot several frames for each scene if you're worried, especially if you have 36 shots on 35mm. I only used a ~4" pocket tripod and self-timer for shots where I wanted the aperture stopped down for sunstars off of lights (like this one, probably something like f/11 at 1/2s, Provia 100).
