Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Karen: I aprreciate your valuable input, but a couple of questions. First, how much do you adjust ISO? Is there an across- the- board rule? Second, are you saying if you use print, rather than slide film, don't worry about the voltage differance, because the lab can fix the too dark/ light factors? Bill Karen Nakamura <mail@gpsy.com> wrote: > >I've got a large collection of approx. 30 yr. old RFs made for the >outlawed 1.35V Mercury battery. As I see it, there are 4 options: >use a handheld meter and manually set aperture; use a Kanto adapter/ >new battery; use a new wein cell/ zinc-air battery; have the camera >meter permanently modified. > Other options: 1) Adjust the ISO of the film to adjust for the different battery voltage 2) Use print film and assume that the film latitude will cover the disparity Karen -- Karen Nakamura http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/ http://www.photoethnography.com/blog/ _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com