Interesting - but it is different than on ME. The lowest ISO is the same. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
-----Alkuper�inen viesti----- L�hett�j�: Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P�iv�: 03. marraskuuta 2002 19:36 Aihe: Re: Vs: A time to guess >Hi Raimo, > >Raimo Korhonen wrote: >> >> Yep, it is not very common. It is a budget version of the ME >> but essentially the same, only useful missing item is the >> exposure compensation dial. > >Actually, the exposure compensation dial IS there, but is hidden under >the rewind takeup knob! The one you pull up to pop the back open ~ you >just don't lift it that far. >Even Mr. D. doesn't mention that. His body data list is blank when it >comes to exposure compensation numbers. >However, pull the knob up and there's another moveable dial >wheel/disc, concentric with and inside the ASA numbers disc, with a >set of index marks for up to + or - 2 EV. > >> The shutter speeds displayed are 1-1/1000, ME has 8-1/1000 but >> my guess is that the shutter is the same? Have you ever timed >> the longest speed it can deliver? The ME is also capable of >> longer speeds than 8 sec. > >My MG will deliver about 11 seconds with the lens cap on. I guess >that's the limit! >My viewfinder speed bar is only marked down to 1 second, tho'. Below >that, it just says UNDER. > >> All the best! >> Raimo > >The "plain" ME body was discontinued in 1981, and that's the year the >MG was introduced. >It would be interesting to know what the changes really were...now >that we know exposure compensation isn't one of them! >The dial's ASA film settings only go down to 25. The ME must go lower. >Mr. Dimitrov's data page shows the MV's EV number down to 1, while the >MG number starts at 2 (ASA 100, f/1.4). > >Thanks for your comments, > >keith whaley >
