I missed the start of this thread, so forgive me if I'm veering off here: I seriously suspect that lack of accuracy in exposure is the reason why the camera makers abandon the mechanical aperture coupling. Just before I unsubbed a good month ago, a couple of us did some very simple experiments that showed inconsistency in how much a camera would stop down a lens preset to a particular f-stop. The slack varied from lens to lens and from camera to camera, but IIRC, a half to one full stop was pretty common.
cheers, Jostein ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pål Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 2:00 PM Subject: Re: Exposure > William wrote: > > I find it a bit baffling is that people find it hard to believe that > modern camera equipment can give consistently accurate exposures. > > > REPLY: > It is baffling to those who have never used modern equipment. They seem to have an axe to grind. > The main reason I use "modern" equipment is due to the possibility of metering accuracy and being able to set exposure equally accurate. To me that is very important. > > Pål > > > >
