[rollei_list] Re: OT: Getting into 4x5 for the first time...

Bob, it does indeed have the fresnel lens installed.  Sounds like the
Minolta probe would have to be recalibrated for each lens?  Does that make
sense?

Do these Sinar metering wands work well?  It seems like TTL metering would
make life easier especially for macros and such....

Jeff

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 7:28 AM, <ralaubach@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Jeff -
>
> The meters where a probe is held against the ground glass are tougher to
> calibrate for consistent good exposures because they read through the
> additional density of the ground glass.  The Sinar meter's wand is right at
> the film plane in front of the ground glass.  Just a matter of calibrating
> the meter to take the density of the ground glass into consideration.  Would
> not work with a fresnel lens over the ground glass - I believe there was a
> fresnel lens on the camera in the picture if that was the same camera.
>
> Bob
>
>
>

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