Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Ted, As always, you are very helpful! I'll be shooting away with the Telyt this week. Cheers! - - marc On Saturday, July 12, 2003, at 11:27 PM, Ted Grant wrote: > 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 > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html