BTW guys, I sent the original question tongue in cheek. I guess what I was getting at was that as good as OTF is, it can't compensate for reciprocity failure
Bill KG4LOV [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Blakely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 5:08 PM Subject: Re: Metering > No meter can properly compensate for "reciprocity failure" in as much as the > curve is different for nearly every film. Fortunately, you only have to be > within the ballpark and adjusting compensation for a crude estimation works > very well. > > "Reciprocity failure" is actually poor (though common) English for what > happens. Reciprocity is a mathematical term that never fails. It is the film > that fails (to follow the Law of Reciprocity). > > Regards, > Bob... > -------------------- > "Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, > and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us > from the former, for the sake of the latter. > The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls > for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, > and perseverance. Let us remember that 'if we > suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, > we encourage it, and involve others in our doom.' > It is a very serious consideration that millions yet > unborn may be the miserable sharers of the event." > - Samuel Adams, 1771 > > From: "Bill Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Granted, the LX meter is good, but does it compensate for reciprocity > > failure during long exposures? > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
