At 10:10 14/02/01 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi All
> I have Pentax MZ-5n and FA 50mm/2.8 Macro lens.
>
>I am planning to upgrage to Slides. I have read that camera's
>metering system is calibrated for PRINT films.
>
>I would like to know following
>1) Do I have to do any exposure compensation to meter reading?
> Let me know if there any thumb rules for slides.
>
>Printing is expensive so how to view the slides without
>printing. Please tell what instruments are needed to view the slides, so I
>that I can buy them.
Hi Ramesh
I was using my Z1-p for slide film, and my MZ-5n for prints. I wasn't doing
it deliberately, it just seemed the way things panned out. I eventually got
around to whacking some Astia in the MZ-5n and found the results to be
better than what I get out of my Z-1p. I've just had my MZ-5n replaced with
an MZ-3, and I'll probably continue with things as they were with the
MZ-5n. I made no exposure allowances when I was using the MZ-5n, except
sometimes to bracket at 1/2 or 1 EV where conditions dictated it to be
prudent to do so.
I view my slides on a small light box through a loupe. I wanted to buy the
Pantax 5.5x, it covers the whole slide with almost no distortion. It also
costs $275 here, so I settled on a Nikon 8x(?), which isn't as good, but
was 1/4 the price.
I have had printed a number of my slides as 12 x 18's, and I was suitably
impressed with the results. The cost was a tad higher than I'd pay from
negatives, but it is wonderful getting a print that is almost exactly as
you see it on the film.
Whatever you decide to do, remember it is always fun to play around with
new things.
Cheers
Jon
"Who are they that you should believe anything that they say?"
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