Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I hope I am not teaching my grandmother to suck eggs, but are you compensating the exposure for the magnification? Macro is a massive pain without a TTL meter to do the compensation. Frank --- Max Weisenfeld <max_weisenfeld@verizon.net> wrote: > I thought Stolze stops were fairly close to f/stops > ... Stolze 5 between f/4 > and f/5.6, for example. The markings on the Photar > relate to much smaller > openings, and much less light passage. I have run > some casual tests, and > the difference seems to be in the range of 6 stops > (metered at 1/30 @ f/2.8, > shot at 8 seconds at f/(or whatever, stolze)8). > > I do not have access to Leica Manual 15th edition, > so any help would be > appreciated. > > Max > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marc James Small" <msmall@infionline.net> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 9:56 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Photar 25mm > > > > At 08:06 PM 5/5/04 -0400, Max Weisenfeld wrote: > > >Any advice on using this lens? When mounted on a > bellows and Viso, the > > >f-stops do not seem to relate to any meter I have > ever found. > > > > > > > Max > > > > These are not f/stops but, rather, are Stolze > stops. See the 15th edition > > of the LEICA MANUAL for discussion. Stolze stops > are normal on most macro > > lenses, be they Leitz/Leica Photars or Zeiss > Luminars or Carl Zeiss Jena > > Mikrotars. > > > > Marc > > > > msmall@infionline.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug > for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > more information