Adam,
Thank you. You are confirming what I am seeing. The lens is a Super
Tak 85 MM F1.9. In the house, I can seem to get reasonable exposures
using the preview switch and the function set to manual.
Never mind. The mind needs refreshing once in a while. The lens has a
preview switch that allows focusing wide open with auto stop down or
controlling the aperture with the lens setting directly. The problem is
that even at 4000th of a second. F1.9 is going to overexpose at ISO
200. It does help to have all the controls set right.
John / WA1JG
Adam Maas wrote:
Be sure that the custom function 'Use Aperture Ring' is set to
'Permitted' and set the camera to M mode. Then you have two options as
to metering.
1. Use the DoF preview, this will give you a numerical readout for how
far off the currently selected exposure is, it reads out up to +/- 3
stops IIRC. Note the readout only is accurate when DoF preview is
engaged.
2. Press the AE-Lock button and the camera will stop down the lens,
meter and then set the appropriate shutter speed.
If you only care about shooting wide open or are using screwmount or
preset aperture lenses you can also use Av mode, but it will meter for
wide open only.
Most people use option 2 in this case.
-Adam
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 12:52 PM, John Graves <[email protected]> wrote:
I wanted to try my Manual 85 MM on the DS. I cannot figure out how to set
up the camera to get the exposure. Is there any way to use the internal
meter to read the correct exposure or do I only have the completely manual
mode using an external meter to deterine the correct exposure?
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