>>3584732Okay, rant incoming.
People seem so fixated on dynamic range with film and I don't know why. Slide film has plenty of dynamic range for most scenes. The only time you'll run into trouble are scenes with super deep shadows and bright highlights.
BUT
That's when the beauty of slide film really shines. Limited dynamic range (compared to negatives films) isn't a bad thing and I have no idea why people talk of it that way. It's a god damn feature of the product to be celebrated and utilized. It can create such depth and dimension to the photo.
People who shoot slide film and get back shitty results aren't getting shitty results backs because of limited dynamic range. They're getting shitty results because they're shooting in shitty light. Slide NEEDS nice light to look good. You can shoot an extremely contrasty scene that results in crushed shadows / blown highlights on slide and have it come out looking killer if you have intention behind it. You cannot shoot a scene with shitty light at noon on a summer day and have it come out looking killer. Slide just doesn't work that way.
The key to shooting slide is nice light, not figuring out how much dynamic range the film can handle or not. Overcast light can look great but requires a bit more finesse and trial and error to work out how to get looking good. Crispy light you find during the fall/winter/spring or summer mornings/evenings is what you want. If you do this, you don't need a spot meter or any kind of gift from god to meter and get good results. Your camera meter will tell you exactly what to do, without fail, almost every time. Don't over complicate metering the stuff. Hell, I shoot it in aperture priority or fully auto mode most of the time (pic related).
