Possibly, my books say an orange filter has a filter factor of 3x. That would be about 2-1/3 stops. A yellow filter is 2x which would be 1 stop. Red is 6x which would be about 4-1/2 stops.
Your meter should be pretty close for color compensating filters with color film, but for black and white it is always suggested that you use the published filter factor. Ciao, Graywolf ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 9:05 AM Subject: Re: Filter question > Probably not, but I also get a -1 reading with the ME Super in manual mode. > Are you saying that using a filter with TTL metering is inaccurate? > > Bill > > > Your spotmeter does not have exactly the same color sensitivity as film. > > > > Ciao, > > Graywolf > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Bill Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 7:56 AM > > Subject: Filter question > > > > > > > Since I'm somewhat of a newbie at B&W photography here's a question > > > regarding the use of filters > > > > > > While at on of the local camera shops the other day, I noticed they had > a > > > "junk bin" of filters for $5.00 ea. I picked up a Vivitar orange 08. > > > According to the sheet that came with the filter, there should be -2 1/3 > > > stop correction when using it in daylight. However, when placing it > over > > my > > > spotmeter, I show only 1 stop reduction. Could someone please explain > the > > 1 > > > 1/3 stop difference? > > > > > > Bill > > > - > > > 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 . > - > 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 .
