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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Andre Langevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I'm still looking lustfully at the new Topcon-styled silver Bessa TM thing
with M42 screw mount. If it had something better than an MX-style exposure readout I'd probably already have one.
DJE
I always thought of the MX readout as a good one. It shows clearly half-stops, while the LX shows only full stops. One could argue that the needle shows smaller fractions of a stop, though.
BTW, I'm not sure the cosina camera has more then 3 LEDs (- 0 +)
What are the defects of the MX readout? Which K-mount (or S-mount) cameras have a better one?
Andre
I find the +- 1 stop range of the readout to be limiting, although the half-stop precision is an improvement over many similar systems.
The Spotmatics, K1000, and ME super share this problem, whereas any match-needle (or the LX needle-LED) system gives you a greater range except at the extreme ends. This would put K2 and KX on my "good" list,
along with LX and Super Program. I'm not familiar with anything in the AF era.
Having used the "electronic analog" readouts in the Nikon F4 and F5--which show +-2 stops in 1/3 or 1/2 stop increments--I'm spoiled. I can remember
fussing with settings on older cameras to figure out HOW FAR under or over
the meter thought I was. Not a problem for slower working styles, but a challenge for active tricky-light shooting.
Of course Nikon had to make up for the crummy readout in the F3...
DJE
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