What ISO are you setting? and which body? Godfrey
On Mar 19, 2007, at 5:29 PM, Mike Hamilton wrote: > I really don't want to stir up any huge debates here; I would simply > like some help in getting this right. > > I recently came into possession of two Takumar lenses. Both are f/4 > at maximum aperture. I'm really having a hard time with metering; > both seem to meter only at f/4, even if I stop down the lens. > > I'll describe what I am doing: > > 1. Lens (takumar 50mm f/4 macro) is set so that the red "MAN" is > showing (that's manual mode, right?) > 2. Camera has had the option for aperture ring use turned on. > 3. Mode switch is in Manual. > 4. Camera mounted on tripod. > 5. Location is indoors with constant lighting. > > Now here are my results: > (f/4): 1/10 sec > (f/8): 1/5 sec > (f/16): 1/5 sec > (f/22): 1/5 sec > > What's happening here? > > I tried a similar test with the Takumar 200mm f/4 and the meter > reading would not change even when i moved the aperture from 4 to 22. > > Assistance is much appreciated. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
