Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Tue, 18 July 2000, "jan schuller" wrote: > > On my iiic, the shutter speed dial reads 100 and 200 were other cameras have > 125 and 250. What are the consequences for exposure, when the lightmeter > tells me 250 / f8? Do I have to use 200 with aperture somewhere between f8 > and 11? Or should I take the 200 as 250? > Does the rule 'One step on the shutter speed shorter equals out on f-stop > larger' apply to the iiic? > Cheers > > Jan > Jan, To be really precise you'd use 1/200 sec with an aperture between f/8 and f/11, but in many cases using 1/200 would be close enough. If you are using slide film, go for precision, if you're using a negative film an accurate exposure is better but often you won't notice the difference between 1/200 @ f/8 and 1/250 @ f/8. Doug Herr Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/