Boy that shop is brightly lit. That is the indoor exposure I expect with 400 film. Outside, without ever having been in England, I would bet you would be 2 stops underexposed 1/2 the time. Strange thing about that Sunny F16 rule is that very few people know how to interpret it. Every time someone has started bragging on it and I challenged them to estimate the light we are in, they have been several stops off when checked with an incident meter. Heck, I am usually a stop or two off and I KNOW how to estimate the light. With modern negative film a stop or two won't kill your photo, but with slides or digital you will miss many good shots.
An interesting thing happened when Mark Roberts tried the istD with his K15/3.5, shots over several stops came out correctly exposed. The best I can figure is the camera was changing the speed index to give correct exposure. That is a strange feature that may disappear in the production cameras. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 11:59 AM Subject: Re: Cripple your K & M lenses for the Cripple Mount > Any photographer worth his/her salt frankly shouldn't need a hand held meter. > Outside, now, 1/250th at F2.8, 100asa. Bright sunny day in England - never > more than 1/500th at F8, 100asa. Inside the shop, 1/30th at F2.8, 100asa. > > Yeah, ok so long exposures and stuff, I'll give you that. > > Now where's my Nomex suit....... > > Peter > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.509 / Virus Database: 306 - Release Date: 8/12/03
