----- Original Message ----- From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > The metering doesn't have to be done with an external meter. > > What you do is: > > 0) Put the lens on the camera, and set the camera to manual. > > 1) Meter with the lens mounted on the camera, using the internal meter. > It's best to set the lens wide open at this point, as that's how the > camera is going to treat the lens when it measures the light. > > 2) Turn the lens aperture ring to your desired shooting aperture. > Count the number of f-stops by which you stopped the lens down. > > 3) Set the shutter speed to that many stops slower than metering said. > > > It would be nice if you could use the exposure compensation feature to > automatically perform step (3) [assuming you knew what your shooting > aperture was going to be at the beginning] but you can't - the exposure > compensation doesn't work in manual exposure mode. Bummer. Would it work in Av mode? Christian
