When I first started taking photographs I was given a Box Brownie by
my mother and was totally unaware of the mysteries of exposure and
light measurement. All I knew was that if it wasn't sunny the
photograph "didn't come out" and there were many of those.
Eventually I got a folding Kodak 620 that had speeds (3) and
apertures! What did I make of those? At first I tried what "it said on
the box" but sophistication came with one of those rotating plastic
exposure calculators.
SLR's with TTL metering, and a Gossen Profisix made that little
calculator long forgotten.
And then, clearing out a cupboard, it turned up.
When I remembered what BS film speed was (a logarithmic index in which
the numbers are 10 higher than the DIN index) I tried it out against
the Profisix. Absolutely amazing! With reasonable care it was
possible to get within one stop of the Profisix reading every time -
certainly good enough for a tolerant negative film and invaluable if
no batteries in the OM1 and no exposure meter.
A good little friend has returned, never to be banished again.
John Gruffydd (Mold, Wales, UK)
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