Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Whenever I test a lens I include a few pictures shot with flash in hopes of minimizing problems problems with exposure variations and/or camera movement. kw >At 09:09 PM 09-03-98 -0600, you wrote: >Its not that simple. Great care must be taken with the subject matter and >lighting, and to ensure that exposures are identical between the >comparison slides. What if the shutter speeds of the two cameras are off >slightly relative to one another? I was comparing a 27 year old Nikon F2, >a Minolta 9xi, and a Leica M6. I think there was very good chance that >exposures would not be identical, and I'm not about to go to the expense of >having these cameras calibrated to on another just for the sake of this >test. With slide film, these differences will be immediately noticed, >and viewers may jump to the wrong conclusion. - ---- Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits Davison Middle School preferred---> <wilcox@umcc.umich.edu> 600 Dayton, Davison, MI 48423 <kwilcox@genesee.freenet.org>