Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/01

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Subject: Re: [Leica] IIIa find / 50 Summar question
From: "David Kieltyka" <dkieltyka@csi.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 19:36:09 -0500
References: <20011101210530.20849.cpmta@c007.snv.cp.net> <3.0.5.32.20011102062346.00ab3100@pacific.net.sg>
 
D Khong <dkhong@pacific.net.sg> wrote:

> Those are stops under the Stolze system. They are actually stops
> that are IN BETWEEN  our current stop markings. For eg. the
> 2.2 is in between 2 and 2,8. The 4.5 is in between 4 and 5.6.
> Vice versa, our f8 would be in between Stolze 6.3 ans 9.0. It's not
> difficult to use when translated this way.

When I used a Summar (since sold) I rated my film 1/3rd stop slower than
normal and then pretended I had an f/1.7 lens with a minimum aperture of
f/11. Worked fine.

- -Dave-


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