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

> Jeff - 
> No, no need to recalibrate for different lenses.  Dont know personally how
> well the Sinar meter works - they were always terribly even ridiculously
> expensive - I have always used a handheld light meter and then corrected for
> bellows extension if necessary, and for reciprocity law failure for long
> exposure if necessary.
> 
> Bob
> 

I¹ve never heard of anybody any good using them. Not even on the internet.
Run around and Take spot readings. ³down spot down²
And run out and take an incident reading from the subject.
Add them up and divide by the lowest common denominator.
A tripod frees you to do all that stuff.
Climb out from behind that ground glass and smell the roses.


And learn the bellows factor thing. Its easy.



Mark William Rabiner
markrabiner.com

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