Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks! From what Doug said, and your comments, it gives me a start in the right direction. I did try a test against another meter, after reading Doug's post, and it matched. Of course, I wouldn't do anything serious with it until I make a test, or test on a paying job as I seem to do these days. I picked up a 500 f8 Tamaron, on you know where, on a lark. I keep trying to break my pattern of living and breathing wide angle optics. Maybe this will do it. Slobodan Dimitrov Don Dory wrote: > > SD, a mirror lens is not really F8, probably 10-13 depending on the make. > However, you are using a TTL meter so that doesn't matter. You might have > to us stop down metering on your camera to get the proper shutter speed. > Then put the camera into P or A mode and see what your camera does in the > same lighting. If there is no difference in shutter speed you are good to > go. If the shutter speed is different then set whatever exposure > compensation is appropriate to bring the shutter speed in line with your > previous reading. > > Now, a really clever person would also take a reading with a hand held meter > to determine the exact transmission of the lens in question so that you can > read a scene once and shoot away. Say someplace where TV lights are > present. Last, before anything important needs to be recorded I would > recommend shooting some known film stock with 1/2 stop brackets to confirm > everything. > > Enjoy, I occasionally use a Tamron 350mm macro mirror for the funky > background. With the appropriate adapter I can use it on all my SLR bodies. > > Don > dorysrus@mindspring.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html