To get a statistically correct result, 10x is the minimum set that
makes any sense otherwise I have to go to t-values and the error of
the estimate goes out of sight.
I like to have some precision in my testing... ;-)
Godfrey
degree in mathematics, specialization in statistics
On Sep 8
Hi All,
Nothing new. Many people have done similar tests in a more or
less controlled environment.
I do not make any claims of these tests being representative.
The results might have been affected by a variety of factors,
and I ran only 1-2 tests for each configuration.
However, to me it gives
On Sep 7, 2005, at 12:22 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
Setup: Fujitsu P5020D with a built-in SD-MMC card reader:
O2Micro MemoryCardBus FLash Media Drive
Card: Sandisk Ultra II, 1GB (rated at 9 MB/sec ).
Under Windows XP Pro, in one window of Windows Explorer I choose
93 .PEF files (924 MB) - copy
How do you check the timing and determine the xfer rate?
Shel
Am I paranoid or perceptive?
[Original Message]
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi
average transfer rate
for SD Ultra II 1G cards (95 RAW files) is 6.5 Mbytes per second.
From Igor
2. USB2 cable to DS: 180 sec (2) 355 sec
(5.13
-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: SD Ultra II - testing ...
Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
How do you check the timing and determine the xfer rate?
Shel
Am I paranoid or perceptive?
[Original Message]
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi
average transfer rate
) - noticing
the time in the beginning and at the end. For simplicity one
can use a stop watch.
Transfer rate: average transfer rate: total size (924 MB) divided
by time (in seconds).
Igor
From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: SD Ultra II - testing
On 7/23/05, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Boris
This is an interesting photo for me, as I've never imagined Israel with
much forest area, even though I can remember, as a child, contributing my
pennies to plant a tree in Israel. Of course, I don't really know if the
Pleasing shot Boris.
I like how the earth slopes left and the hills right. Breaks up the photo
nicely.
BTW I'm happy with the EL3 Raw converter even though i have only used it on
about a dozen
images
sofar.
Dave
Hi!
Nothing fancy really...
On a
Hi!
Nothing fancy really...
On a side note, I tried to download the RawShooter's Essentials RAW
converter... Well, it does work, and it does work differently than CS
ELs converter ver 3.1... I am not certain which I like better, though of
course I am more used to my Elements...
A-ha...
Hi Boris
This is an interesting photo for me, as I've never imagined Israel with
much forest area, even though I can remember, as a child, contributing my
pennies to plant a tree in Israel. Of course, I don't really know if the
money went towards planting trees or elsewhere, but I do
Hi!
This is an interesting photo for me, as I've never imagined Israel with
much forest area, even though I can remember, as a child, contributing my
pennies to plant a tree in Israel. Of course, I don't really know if the
money went towards planting trees or elsewhere, but I do recall that a
I've never really trusted this site. Some of the results don't make
sense. He shows the FA 77 to be a weak lens. Har!
Joe
A weak lens? The resolution figures are on par with all the best
short teles shown there. The lens may, on top, have exceptional
contrast (both types) but this is not
Found this:
PDML Lens Testing Procedure
http://www.takinami.com/yoshihiko/photo/lens_test/pdml-procedure.html
I didn't know the list had an official lens testing procedure.
Powell
On 6 Apr 2005 at 14:49, Powell Hargrave wrote:
Found this:
PDML Lens Testing Procedure
http://www.takinami.com/yoshihiko/photo/lens_test/pdml-procedure.html
I didn't know the list had an official lens testing procedure.
It's actually a set of instruction to PDMLers on how to produce
I've never really trusted this site. Some of the results don't make
sense. He shows the FA 77 to be a weak lens. Har!
Joe
A pixel that records a high light value even in the dark, (well that's
the best concise description I can give without a lot of further
thought. just remember there are no absolutes).
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
What's a hot pixel?
Shel
--
I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war.
reduction kicks in so it is not an issue.
- Original Message -
From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 12:52 AM
Subject: Hot Pixel Survey Results (finally) (was: Dead Pixel Testing)
On 11 Dec 2004 at 18:45, John Coyle wrote:
Just ran
- Original Message -
From: David Zaninovic
Subject: Re: Hot Pixel Survey Results (finally) (was: Dead Pixel
Testing)
I got a replacement camera, now I have 3 hot at 1/6 vs 15 with the
previous camera. There are 60 of them at 10 seconds. I think I
will accept this one as I am tired
What's a hot pixel?
Shel
- Original Message -
From: Shel Belinkoff
Subject: Re: Hot Pixel Survey Results (finally) (was: Dead Pixel
Testing)
What's a hot pixel?
A pixel that is on when it shouldn't be.
I expect that all digital cameras have a few of them.
William Robb
Thanks!
Shel
[Original Message]
From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Shel Belinkoff
What's a hot pixel?
A pixel that is on when it shouldn't be.
I expect that all digital cameras have a few of them.
William Robb
Thanks Rob, that's reassuring!
John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
- Original Message -
From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 3:52 PM
Subject: Hot Pixel Survey Results (finally) (was: Dead Pixel Testing)
On 11 Dec 2004 at 18:45, John Coyle
Just ran the Dead Pixel test on my *istD today,following Rob's method, and
got zero dead pixels,with 26 hot ones.
Data read out is:
[DeadPixelText]
Version=1.0
Description=Pentax *ist D 11/12/2004
FileType=TIFF
NumBadPixels=26
0=Hot,1921,12,62
1=Hot,2259,142,103
2=Hot,1392,256,120
On 11 Dec 2004 at 18:45, John Coyle wrote:
Just ran the Dead Pixel test on my *istD today,following Rob's method, and got
zero dead pixels,with 26 hot ones.
Data read out is:
[DeadPixelText]
Version=1.0
Description=Pentax *ist D 11/12/2004
FileType=TIFF
NumBadPixels=26
0=Hot,1921,12,62
I tried unsubbing from my YahooMail account, then re-subbing, and I got no
response from either request.
I tried sending an e-mail from my Hotmail account to my Yahoo account, and
it was received just fine. Same thing with sending an e-mail from Yahoo to
Hotmail - no probs.
So, just to see
I commented on a number of Paw's at lunch and only 1 showed up so far. Could be
negative
ions in the
air today.,lol
Dave
I tried unsubbing from my YahooMail account,
then re-subbing, and I got
n o
response from either request.
I tried sending an
What you need most of all is some more patience!
keith
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I commented on a number of Paw's at lunch and only 1 showed up so far. Could be negative
ions in the
air today.,lol
Dave
I tried unsubbing from my YahooMail account,
then re-subbing, and I got
n o
Now you've gone and shattered MY frail ego! ;-)
Don
-Original Message-
From: fra [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 1:38 PM
To: PDML; PUGW
Subject: lens testing !
The excellent lens testing resource is
http://cameraquest.com/lenstest.htm
I can
I'm gonna try yahoo's e-mail for a bit, see how it
goes. I'm gonna use it just for PDML for now. I'll
be keeping my Hotmail (for the time being at least)
for non-PDML stuff, so no need to change your address
books.
-frank
__
Let's see now...
Lasse
From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2004 2:04 AM
Subject: RE: Testing
Lasse,
Is it me, or have you been away.
It's you. You have been away.
To Grandfather Mountain.
That was in the U.S. of A.
Remember? It was only last week.
Kinda
: Testing
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 22:50:25 +0300
Just testing.
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There were Komsomolets () and Lubitel-2 ( 2).
Check out
http://www.rus-camera.com/camera_rus.php?page=lubitelcamera=komsomolets
Lasse Karlsson wrote:
One Russian twin lens 6x6 (early 1950:s(?) ) that I can't make out the name of. For some reason I used to think it was a Lubitel. However I can't
,
just for the fun of it and a bit for sentimetal reasons.
Thanks,
Lasse
From: Mishka [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 2:53 PM
Subject: Re: Testing your old cameras. Re: Lightweight Goody - Olympus 35RC
There were Komsomolets () and Lubitel-2 ( 2).
Check
Hi all. I was testing my meter on a recently CLA'd LX and came up with
an odd shot I wanted to share.
I was at the Boston museum of science by the window and set my camera
down on a rail and while holding it still shot this on AUTO with a M50
f1.4
However my hand moved so with the shutter open I
I find throwing a lens against a brick wall is a quick way to check it
out.
Upon first reading, I found myself wondering how many lenses showed
excellent optical quality after this particular test! G
Of course I only have two ratings for lenses: professionally acceptable,
and
unacceptable. If
- Original Message -
Subject: lens testing
I had a 28-80 (?) Takumar A that was unacceptable, plus some lenses
in Nikon mount that I'd consider borderline unacceptable. I've had
some
lenses that were just adequate but I now feel like an idiot for
using
because there was a much
Works fine on Pocket IE on PPC.
Nick
-Original Message-
From: Shel Belinkoff[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 29/02/04 02:46:49
To: PDML[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Testing the QuikSnap® Page
I've just put up the start of the QuikSnap® web page and I'd
like some
That is weird, Ryan ... most, if not all the images, are set as progressive
JPEGs, so, if I understand the concept correctly, you should see something
pretty quickly.
No images are 5mb, although one is definitely bigger than the others at 425kb
because I inadvertently uploaded a larger sized
At 06:46 PM 2/28/2004 -0800, William Robb wrote:
I've just put up the start of the QuikSnap® web page and I'd
like some testers please. Just a few pics for now.
Works great with Opera 7.23
TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ
of what server
that the page resides on.
Regard
William Robb
- Original Message -
From: Doug Franklin
Subject: Re: Testing the QuikSnap® Page
At 06:46 PM 2/28/2004 -0800, William Robb wrote:
I've just put up the start of the QuikSnap® web page and I'd
like some testers please. Just
John Mustarde wrote:
On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 18:46:49 -0800, you wrote:
I've just put up the start of the QuikSnap® web page and I'd
like some testers please. Just a few pics for now.
http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/
Maybe someone beat you to the punch regarding copyright of the
for any content on the QuikSnap®
web page.
Furthermore , the QuikSnap® web page is not on a web server account
that is affiliated with me, nor have I any knowledge of what server
that the page resides on.
Regard
William Robb
- Original Message -
From: Doug Franklin
Subject: Re: Testing
- Original Message -
From: John Mustarde
Subject: Re: Testing the QuikSnap® Page
Maybe someone beat you to the punch regarding copyright of the word
quiksnap?
Hard to say, I can't get the entire screen to display without massive
scrolling.
William Robb
On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 18:46:49 -0800, you wrote:
I've just put up the start of the QuikSnap® web page and I'd
like some testers please. Just a few pics for now.
http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/
Maybe someone beat you to the punch regarding copyright of the word
quiksnap?
Works just fine for me.
Cute dog.
Regards
Albano
--- Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've just put up the start of the QuikSnap® web page
and I'd
like some testers please. Just a few pics for now.
http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/
I haven't gotten all the navigation
Shel,
It works fine for me, (Mozilla 1.5).
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
I've just put up the start of the QuikSnap® web page and I'd
like some testers please. Just a few pics for now.
http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/
I haven't gotten all the navigation set, so after viewing an
image
you'll
-
From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: PDML [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 12:46 PM
Subject: Testing the QuikSnap® Page
I've just put up the start of the QuikSnap® web page and I'd
like some testers please. Just a few pics for now.
http://home.earthlink.net
At 06:46 PM 2/28/2004, Shel wrote:
Mostly I want to be sure the pics come up when the t-nails are clicked, and,
of course, if you have any problems viewing the pics I'd like to know -
whatever they may be.
Shel, all the thumbnails are working in IE 6.
Pat in SF
Forgot to add.. IE6 :)
- Original Message -
From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: PDML [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 12:46 PM
Subject: Testing the QuikSnap® Page
I've just put up the start of the QuikSnap® web page and I'd
like some testers please. Just
From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've just put up the start of the QuikSnap® web page and I'd
like some testers please. Just a few pics for now.
http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/
Works fine with Netscape 7.1
Mark
works fine in Safari
On Saturday, February 28, 2004, at 10:11 PM, Mark Dalal wrote:
From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've just put up the start of the QuikSnap® web page and I'd
like some testers please. Just a few pics for now.
http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/
Works fine with
At 06:46 PM 2/28/2004 -0800, you wrote:
I've just put up the start of the QuikSnap® web page and I'd
like some testers please. Just a few pics for now.
http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/
I haven't gotten all the navigation set, so after viewing an
image
you'll need to hit your browsers back
Please note my comments:
I haven't gotten all the navigation set ...
Mostly I want to be sure the pics come up ...
There will certainly be navigation controls when
the site is further along.
Thanks for jumping in, Tiger.
Shel
Tiger Moses wrote:
At 06:46 PM 2/28/2004 -0800, you wrote:
I've
Hi Ryan ... is it the thumbnail page that's slow loading, or the individual
images? I know that some of the pics are large, and plan to reduce 'em at some
point. How slow is your connection? They're not to bad on my 56K dial up ...
shel
Ryan Lee wrote:
All the links work great Shel-
day, it will start to fade after X
number of days.
Nothing else.
Nada.
His methods don't reflect how prints are treated in the
real world, and cannot be used to judge anything, beyond
comparing how different materials react to his testing
procedures.
Can see you not into materials testing. Guess we
- Original Message -
From: Otis Wright
Subject: Re: The Wilhelm testing method. Was Re: OT:
Photographic Materials
Can see you not into materials testing. Guess we can
forgo testing
contstruction in the future.
And this has what to do with testing longevity of
photographic
Yeah, but WTF do you know, Bill. You ain't got no degree or
nuthin' and your experience can't matter 'cause it don't
conform to no approved testing measures. No need trying
t'talk to you.
William Robb wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Otis Wright
Subject: Re: The Wilhelm testing
William Robb wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Otis Wright
Subject: Re: The Wilhelm testing method. Was Re: OT:
Photographic Materials
Can see you not into materials testing. Guess we can
forgo testing
contstruction in the future.
And this has what to do
Thank you. Real helpful. Excellent facilitation.
Otis
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Yeah, but WTF do you know, Bill. You ain't got no degree or
nuthin' and your experience can't matter 'cause it don't
conform to no approved testing measures. No need trying
t'talk to you.
William Robb wrote
]
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 7:36 PM
Subject: The Wilhelm testing method. Was Re: OT: Photographic Materials
The problem with any extrapolated test, be it Wilhelm's
method, which is decidedly harsh, or Kodak's, which is not
really a longevity test at all, is that neither one really
tells
to fade after X
number of days.
Nothing else.
Nada.
His methods don't reflect how prints are treated in the
real world, and cannot be used to judge anything, beyond
comparing how different materials react to his testing
procedures.
Regarding cost of 100 speed film to 800 speed film, I
doubt very much
One mean lens, the 1.7AF TC behind it just showed more detail.
Thanks for your answers, Rob. drool
Another question: What is the filter thread diameter? Thanks.
Fred
If anyone is interested in helping me check my white balance conversion
parameters, I've put a little Windows shell executable (and source) up at
http://www.panix.com/~johnf/pefconvert.zip
It should be used as follows:
pefconvert inputfile.pef outputfile.jpg n
or
pefconvert
Warped mind to pentax list! anyone out there?
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: Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pdml [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 4:16 PM
Subject: Testing *ist D and Several Lenses
Conclusion: good sharpening in Photoshop or another program yields
results that are superior to the *ist D's in-camera sharpening.
-
- Original Message -
From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 10:31 PM
Subject: Re: Testing *ist D and Several Lenses
you ought to repeat this test with images shot in RAW mode and then
sharpened with Pentax PhotoLab and with nik SharpenerPro
grain at the same time.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 4:42 PM
Subject: Re: Testing *ist D and Several Lenses
The highest level of in-camera sharpening and colour saturation
corresponds
to level 2
Hi!
On Tue, 7 Oct 2003 13:09:26 +0300
Alin Flaider [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Too much of a mess to be anything than a pile of bugs.
Apparently, this module was marked next release and left
unfinished. For now you should be happy the *ist d doesn't hang up
when a K/M lens is mounted.
-Original Message-
From: Paul Ewins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 9:56 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: More *ist D testing of K/M lenses
Firstly, the behaviour I described in Av mode (meter and shoot wide
open) is also true of Green, P and Tv modes, i.e
- Original Message -
From: J. C. O'Connell
Subject: RE: More *ist D testing of K/M lenses
when is manual, the aperture stops down before exposure
with K/M right?
Right.
William Robb
- Original Message -
From: Paul Ewins
Subject: More *ist D testing of K/M lenses
Firstly, the behaviour I described in Av mode (meter and shoot wide
open) is also true of Green, P and Tv modes, i.e. they all become
aperture priority when a K/M lens is mounted. Also, as reported
Same thing's been happening to me for the last couple of days, Lasse.
You're not alone...
cheers,
frank
Lasse Karlsson wrote:
Sent a message an hour and a half that hasn't shown up at my place.
Now just testing.
Lasse
--
What a senseless waste of human life
-The Customer in Monty Python's
Having Internet troubles. I'm receiving email. let's see if I can send
it successfully.
--
Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
www.robertstech.com
The list was going all day - maybe you have an anti-flame protector...
vbg
You've missed nothing but crap - no worries.
regards,
frank
Anand DHUPKAR wrote:
testing
testing.
today i did not receive any e-mail.
is list down ?
testing
Anand DHUPKAR wrote:
testing
testing.
today i did not receive any e-mail.
Consider yourself fortunate.
Aihe: Re: Testing of my MZ-S AF accuracy (MZ-5n)
Hi Peter,
As I recall, all AF lenses have only a certain number of focus settings.
That is they are not linear. I could be wrong, but if right, it could
explain the focus problems. It does not bother me as I no longer have AF
cameras (gave them
Hi Henry,
on 20 Jan 03 you wrote in pentax.list:
I have used the target plate supplied by the January 2003 issue of CAPA
magazine (Japan) to test the AF accuracy of the individual AF sensors of my
Really interesting test. Could you scan the test target and write
something about the test
]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Testing of my MZ-S AF accuracy
Date: 20 Jan 2003 09:02:00 +0100
Hi Henry,
on 20 Jan 03 you wrote in pentax.list:
I have used the target plate supplied by the January 2003 issue of CAPA
magazine (Japan) to test the AF accuracy of the individual AF sensors of
my
Hi,
My result shows that the AF sensors of my MZ-S in average locked focus at
about 5-10mm in front of the target plate. The result agrees quite well with
the similar testing carried out in the Dec 02 issue of CAPA Magazine, using
MZ-S and FA*85/1.4 lens. Is it due to the problem of my
locked focus at
about 5-10mm in front of the target plate. The result agrees quite well
with
the similar testing carried out in the Dec 02 issue of CAPA Magazine,
using
MZ-S and FA*85/1.4 lens. Is it due to the problem of my camera, or the
problem of Pentax AF technology? Anyone have similar
of autofocussing and pressing the button... ;-) )
Bye!
Syb
From: Iren Henry Chu [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Testing of my MZ-S AF accuracy
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 22:56:49 +0800
Dear Heiko,
Thank you for your interest on my testing.
You can see
Dear Heiko,
Thank you. That's very illustrating. How big is the anglebetween the
table and the test target?
30 degrees. I think this is a good angle such that range of ruler in-focus
can clearly be shown on the result photographs.
And how big was the distance between camera
and test target?
I previously carried out some autofocussing tests with my MZ-5n, and found
that for critical close-up work, manual focussing is noticeably more
accurate. From what I have read, this is typical of all or most autofocus
cameras. There is a considerable margin of error, because the sensors are
: Peter Spiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: Testing of my MZ-S AF accuracy (MZ-5n)
I previously carried out some autofocussing tests with my MZ-5n, and found
that for critical close-up work, manual focussing is noticeably more
: http://www.irenhenry.com/photosharp/focus_centre.jpg
The top sensor: http://www.irenhenry.com/photosharp/focus_top.jpg
The testing information is: MZ-S, FA*300/4.5, f4.5, aperture priority,
tripod-mounted, remote shutter release, mirror pre-fired, Fuji Press 800,
target distance about 2m, 3 photos
Dear William,
Like others pointed out, your problem has, most probably, to do with the
fact that the shutter speed must be slow enough to have the way to the
negative completely free at the moment the flash appears.
You can test this as follows:
take a picture without film, with the flash on, in a
is
still there, There name is VanDeStadt on fathers side and Schalij on mothers
side, thank you so much, you have been a great help,,Happy Holidays
William
From: Jos from Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: HELP,HELP (testing
I enjoy reading everybody's endless lens tests on PDML as well as two Leica
lists, the Rollei Users Group and many websites. I have bought and sold
equipment based on the aforementioned collective wisdom. I continue my own
endless tests. (Today I tested two Leica R lenses against a Canon FD and a
On Thursday, December 12, 2002, at 09:16 PM, Bill Lawlor wrote:
After all, like El
Dorado, that perfect lens is just down the road waiting to be
discovered.
I'll tell everybody after I get mine.
Bill Lawlor
I cut out all that other stuff that makes me feel like I need to buy
all that
Dan,
I guess there is some merit to what you write. As a salesman I have
always held to the old axiom that the most important step in the sales
process is the step you are in. Seems like you could extend that to
include the most important lens you own is the one on the camera when
you take
The best thing to do is get it CLA'd. Then no worries.
It's worth it. Unless you can afford as many LXen as you have
Spotmatics...g
If you can, that's good advice. You almost have to ~assume~ that a
used LX is going to need a CLA for sticky mirror sooner or later.
And, once it's
Is it possible to test the meter/and automatic
exposure settings in an LX without a finder?
I think I read that the meter doesnt read off the screen, so it might
be possible.
Secondly, if the meter is accurate on manual, will
it usually be accurate on automatic too?
Thirdly, how do I test for
Secondly, if the meter is accurate on manual, will
it usually be accurate on automatic too?
In my experience no, they seem to operate independent of each other.
Regards,
Paul
, 28 November 2002 12:59 PM
To: Pentax Discuss Mailing List
Subject: Testing an LX meter
Is it possible to test the meter/and automatic
exposure settings in an LX without a finder?
I think I read that the meter doesnt read off the screen, so it might
be possible.
Secondly, if the meter is accurate
:31 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Testing an LX meter
I've heard that this only happens if the camera has been sitting a while.
After a few exposure it goes away. How long is sitting
a while???
JCO
-Original Message-
From: Shaun Canning [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday
I've heard that this only happens if the camera has been sitting a while.
After a few exposure it goes away. How long is sitting
a while???
JCO
John,
The best thing to do is get it CLA'd. Then no worries.
It's worth it. Unless you can afford as many LXen as you have
Spotmatics...g
--Mike
grumble
wheee
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