Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc Attinasi asked: >>Old 400 Telyt f6.8 on R8 Question.<<<.. > I purchased a 400 Telyt f6.8 to use on my R8, and had an R cam added. > When I mount the lens on the R8 it shows f2.4. Is this correct, and how > can the metering modes of the R8 be used effectively with this > (stop-down) lens? The lens will be wide-open 99% of the time, I'd like > to use aperture priority if it will work, but I also know how to use > manual metering :-)<<< Hi Marc, This is something similar to the R8 and the 280 2.8 when it's wide open, only the aperture shown in the camera is 3.4. I never think about it because I'm shooting wide open and let the camera decide what the shutter speed should be to correspond to a correct exposure. It works fine, so don't give it a thought, just put the lens on, set the aperture wide open or where ever you require and shoot away! Heck I rarely ever bother looking at everything in the viewfinder as I'm too busy focusing & shooting. I'd say 99.999999% of my exposures are aperture priority on the R8's and very rarely do I have a screw-up on exposure. And that's inside and out! Heck, at worse it would only cost a roll of cheap B&W film to find out how the lens / camera work by shooting a few frames, take a few notes and compare the results for your definitive answer. However, I don't believe you'll have any problems at all. Go for it. ted - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html