Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/29

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Subject: [Leica] R lenses on any Digital body - exposure problem
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Thu Jan 29 13:21:39 2009
References: <C5A7AE3C.20126%lug@steveunsworth.co.uk>

On Jan 29, 2009, at 12:04 PM, Steve Unsworth wrote:

> I just used to shoot RAW and have a -2/3 stop compensation dialled  
> into my
> 5D. Used it this way for a couple of years without any problems. I  
> used
> Leica R lenses for 99% of the time. The -ve compensation prevented the
> highlights from blowing.
>
> As mentioned earlier the only problem is that some lenses don't have  
> enough
> clearance for the mirror. I used 28/35mm Elmarits, 50mm Summicron,  
> 189/250
> lenses.
>
> Focus wide open, then stop down soon becomes second nature.


when you stop down how do you handle exposure?


Steve


> I used a
> Brightscreen focussing screen to help focussing.
>
> Steve
>
>
> On 29/1/09 00:22, "Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@cox.net> wrote:
>
>> thanks Douglas, so with Canon, aside from shooting wide open, you  
>> must
>> calibrate/compensate, and  that is  a minor pita...
>
>
>
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