Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A question, related to the shooting soccer and having the F5 readings jump around depending on the color of the shirts....Which camera gave you more accurate rendition of the color of the shirts? If it was the F5, that would indicate that the color matrix metering really works. If it was the R8....ah well.. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Rick Dykstra Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2000 6:28 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] R8 motor exposure bracketing & Pascal response Pascal wrote: > > Hi Ted, > > And in that mode, it must be acknowledged that the Nikon F5 matrix will > deliver a higher "hit rate" than the R8 simply because of the more > elaborate light metering system. And I am not even talking about the > autofocus... ;-) > Hello to Ted and Pascal Well, I think the R8's meter is better than the F5's. Yep, I find it hard to understand, but the proof is in the pudding. My chromes with the R8 are better exposed than the F5. And as for print film, the lab technicians I surrender my film to produce better prints from the R8. Today I used the F5 for soccer action in flat light overcast conditions. It has autofocus, you see. In almost perfect light the F5's meter, on matrix mode, would jump by as much as a stop depending on the colour and texture of the shirts worn by players. This variability clearly drives the lab techs nuts when printing, due to the exposure shifts from frame to frame. Now I thought that 1005 (?) segment matrix meter and RGB sensor in the F5 were supposed to be immune to such things. Not so, in my experience. My nature shots with R8 are beautifully exposed. Again, I'm rather dissapointed with the F5 in this respect. The F5's autofocus is very useful, but it does wierd things at the worst times, and I don't trust it. I find using the F5 as a manual focus camera almost unworkable (focusing screen, viewfinder, lens turning direction, ... are all problems, for me.). The R8 has a light meter that is a gentle, forgiving teacher. The F5 has a meter that is a wayward wizard I will never understand. IMHO Regards Rick (love that R8) Dykstra