I've recently been working with a novice photog on the Manual Minolta
group who had been having significant trouble getting good exposures.
Trying to explain the foibles of reflected meters was difficult and I
convinced him to buy a used Minolta flash/incident meter that was
offered at a good price. He posted a new set of film images yesterday
(bright sun, shade and mixed) and all are perfectly exposed. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
Ken Norton wrote:
> This is a classic example where we need to meter the light, not the
> lens. Unfortunately, few people know how anymore.
>
> AG
>
>
> On Wednesday, August 4, 2010, Chuck Norcutt
> <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Then it's no wonder that you get variable exposure readings. The eSIF
>> says: "stop down the lens and determine exposure (lens must not be
>> shifted)".
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> SwissPace wrote:
>>> Sorry for the confusion, but I was talking about using the zuiko OM
>>> 35/2.8 shift lens.
>>>
>>> On 04/08/2010 01:25, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>>> I also did a double take on the word "shift" but here I think he was
>>>> talking about the shift in Program mode. To shift in Program mode on
>>>>
>>>> Jeff Keller wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Shift? ... The exposure readings on the 5D2 are way off with shift lenses.
>>>>> The max available, -EV2, won't even compensate enough. I have to put the
>>>>>
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