Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark er.... Austin has left the building! :-) Jerry Mark Rabiner wrote: > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html