[LRflex] Re: Leicanon exposure problems - now also 4/3 question

Hello Aram,

Thank you for your reply.
I am into digital photography only for 3 years, and at the beginning I was also very hesitant about this new technology. I was very much (pleasantly) surprised how fast I embraced it, and how much control one has. I think my 10D is a little easier to adjust than the Digital Rebel, but I have some friends, and they say that it is just a matter of getting used to it. 
If I were you, I probably would look at the 20D, or the 30D.
David Young seems to be quite happy with his, and the controls are very similar to my 10D. I was also lead to believe that it is a sound practice to keep checking the histogram, and make adjustment for a retake as neccessary. 

Wishing you luck with your decisions,
Erich
----- Original Message ----- From: "Aram Langhans" <leica_r8@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 1:36 PM
Subject: [LRflex] Re: Leicanon exposure problems - now also 4/3 question
Thanks Erich. I wish it were that easy. If the exposure were consistantly off by 1 stop or however many stops, that would make my life easy. But when it varries at different f-stops that makes my life unbearable to the point where I think I am going to return the camera as Costco has a 90 day return privilage. I am not blaming the camera. It works fine with the kit lens. It is just not doing what I was intending it to do.
Is this also a problem with the 4/3 crowd out there? Or can you successfully meter at any f-stop w/o having to constantly change the +/- settings? 

Aram




From: Ejak <ejak@xxxxxxx>
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Subject: [LRflex] Re: Leicanon exposure problems
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:36:57 -0700

Hello Aram,
I use Leica & Contax glass on my Canon 10D, (as well as Canon), and most of the time I have the exposure-compensation dial set to minus 1, to get the correct exposure. This setting is easy and quick on the 10D, and if there is a lot of white in the frame, I set it all the way to minus 3, and after exposure I double check the histogram. 
No problem whatsoever.
Hope this helps.

With best regards,
Erich Kozak



----- Original Message ----- From: "Aram Langhans" <leica_r8@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 6:42 PM
Subject: [LRflex] Re: Leicanon exposure problems
Aperture priority or manual mode. Either one, same results. I also went back and used my old adaptor w/o focus confirmation and the results were the same. Just did another test using flash. The flash exposures were all very consistant until I stopped down too much for the flash to provide enough light. They then got dark. My problem without the flash is overexposure as I stop down. The meter in either aperture priority or manual is overcompensating for the stopped down lens and the more I stop it down the more it overcompensates with the shutter speed.
I am ready to return the camera. Does anyone know if the Olympus 4/3 cameras have this problem? Is there an focus confirmation for the Olympus camera yet? I don't see one advertised. 




From: David Young <telyt@xxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [LRflex] Re: Leicanon exposure problems
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:16:30 -0700

At 29/07/2007, you wrote:
I finally got a focus confirmation adaptor and an eyepiece magnifier for my Rebel XTi and have been quite disappointed with its exposure performance using Leica R lenses. I just conducted a more scientific test and this is what I found. Using the 35-70/4 zoom, it meters dead on with the lens at f4. If I stop down to f-5.6 if is 1/2 stop over exposed. If I stop down to f-8 it is 1 stop over exposed. This is consistent with what I found out yesterday using the 50 when I was noticing some of my shots were over exposed and other were dead on. I am using either manual mode or aperture priority metering mode. Both do the same thing, obviously, since AE mode is just duplicating what the meter says in manual mode.
I don't remember this problem when I would use the school's original Rebel.
Has anyone seen this? Is there a solution? (yeah, DMR or wait for R10). 

Aram



Good Sunday Mornin', to you, Aram!
Hmmmm... I'm using the FC adapters with a 30D and find the exposures quite consistent. I use Aperture Priority mode only ... which (along with manual) are the only modes known to work with the adapters. Are you using AP or AE (Auto Exposure) mode? 

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