Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 03:35 PM 9/6/99 -0300, Robert G. Stevens wrote: >Speaking of half shutter speeds and the such, how do you use a manual meter >when shooting the 105-280 wide open at F4.2? I have just been stopping it >down the half stop between 4.2 and 5.6 ( 4.8?) and using that for the >manual meter. > >How much slower in stops is 4.2 from 4? > >Regards, > >Robert It goes, in 1/4 stops, f/4.0, f/4.4, f/4.7, f/5.2, f/5.6 and in 1/3 stops: f/4.0, f/4.5, f/5.0, f/5.6 so you can find f/4.2 as roughly 1/8th stop slower than f/4.0 Jim