Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/30
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Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net> writes:
> Seriously, there is not need to use f/5.6 with the V35. It's optimum
> aperture is f/4. Even at 2.8 it's more than adequate. With the glass
> carrier, there's no reason to stop down beyond f/4, except to control
> exposure. Or if you're using slides that aren't glass mounted.
They say in my manual, that it has it's optimum at f5.6. Perhaps this is
important only for larger formats. On the other side: only there I really need
shorter exposure times.
The light loss might be due to two reasons:
1) The V35 has no condensor and thus no direct light.
2) The bulb might be old. When I burned my last bulb (after not very long
usage) I had only half of the exposure times I had before, including a
slight colour change. This was awful because I had filed all the exposure
times and colour values for reproduction purposes.
I enjoy my autofocus and since I adjusted it correctly I end up every time I
think it needs readjustment with the original values.
christoph