It checks a few things at once: first, the consistency
of metering, the accuracy of the shutter and aperture
control, and the evenness of shutter travel. All of
the slides should be exactly the same shade of blue or
grey (depending on the color of the sky), and no frame
should have light or dark bands (indicating a faulty
shutter).
Rick
--- Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Jul 2005, Rick Womer wrote:
>
> > Shot a roll of slide film, including low-angle
> shots
> > of a tape measure focused at various points, flash
> > pics, and a series of a clear blue or even grey
> sky
> > starting with slowest shutter/smallest aperture
> and
> > working toward fastest shutter/largest aperture.
>
> What is the sky test meant to do? Do you set the
> camera to
> Center-weighted/Matrix metering and see what it
> does? And what should
> it do?
>
> Kostas
>
>
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