Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sonny Carter wrote: > > er... a couple of those meters you mentioned do read out in EV. You transfer > the EV to the little calc wheel to find the f stop and shutterspeed, and > transfer it to your Leica. Sekonic Studio Deluxe for one. As Mark pointed > out, so do the Gossens, and my Shepherd does too. > > I had the distinct impression, though it has been a while since I used one, > that the Pentax spot meter reports an EV too, and you have to set it on the > calculator wheel to derive the f stop and shutterspeed. > > A friend owned a zone-modified Pentax, and did not like the fact that it > didn't match his Hassy EV scale. > > I didn't think they had many direct reading F stop/shutterspeed meters until > the advent of the digital meters. That's why we movie film shooters used > the Spectra meter, because you could push a slide in to represent the ASA, > and it gave you the f stop directly based on 1/50th of a second. > > Sonny > You cant say "er" Austin's got a patent on that. Yes these meters all have EV's but would not the camera also have to? Obviously a communication problem and hey! I'll take half the blame on just about anything. Not sure if this optical mouse was the was to go. (Mickey with glasses?) (a Rat with a monocle) Wanting to get started today with my new DIGILUX today. But only have 10 fingers. I think they may want more. Or Brighter. Based on the title only. Reminder me of Little big man. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabinergroup.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html