Tri-X 400 at the beach?

[ericdan]

Thanks for all your suggestions.
My orange filter eats 2 stops. That would put my 1600 back down to 400.
I think it's worth investing in another 2stop ND filter to stop it further down if necessary.
I have a strong feeling that with a blue sky and white sand, even at iso 100 i'd be very close to the 1/500th shutter speed most of the time.

The GR1v stops down to f22 although I haven't shot it at that aperture much I assume it'll be fine at f22.
The only problem being it's aperture priority only.
sunny 16 for blue sky:
f16 @iso100 1/125th
f22 @iso100 1/60th
But with sand at the beach I am probably looking at something brighter than that.

 

[markaudacity]

Sand reflects light, yes. For ISO100, f/22 @125 will give you the correct exposure with blue sky. You won't need 1/500 unless you open the aperture to f/11. If you're wanting to use wide apertures at the beach, a point-and-shoot is almost certainly the wrong tool.

I don't know if anyone has mentioned pulling your film yet. Pulling is overexpose/underdevelop, the opposite of a push. Tames contrast, increases tonal resolution.

Tri-X looks very nice at EI 200 in bright light.