One thing that I did sort of notice is that as you stop down the level of incorrect exposure worsens. Hmmmmmmmmm.
On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 6:38 AM, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote: > That was my understanding as well. Also, yeah I realize that stopping > down makes the meter less accurate due to light levels. Even so, f8 on > a sunny day is not exactly dim. The pentax glass I have generally does > ok, maybe at most requiring a stop EV compensation. Usually to the > negative. As soon as you go wide open things start metering properly > though. Its noticeable. It also makes zero sense since the camera is > taking readings with the lens stopped down. It is possible that my > aperture mechanisms on some of my lenses need cleaned and > relubricated. Very likely in fact. So there might be some slop in > accuracy. Even so, that wouldn't give consistent overexposure. > > On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 1:03 AM, John Francis <jo...@panix.com> wrote: >> On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 12:59:43AM -0400, John Francis wrote: >>> was well-defined, but the camera-to-lens actuation could have almost >>> any response curve without affecting the actual exposure; the only >>> two sta >> >> >> Lost something there, apperntly (my internet connection dropped out briefly) >> >> That should read: >> >> ... the only two static points were "wide open" (stop-down not engaged) >> and "stopped down to selected aperture" (stop-down mechanism pushed as >> far as it would go, limited by the aperture selected on the lens). >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
