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

Mark,

Since I already have the Minolta thingamabob, I figured it might be worth
toying with but it's already obvious there's too much stuff to deal with as
it is.  I stepped on the scales with the Sinar kit in the case and it is 22
lbs.  I sould be figuring out how to remove weight, not add more!

I played with bellows factors 30 years ago with 35mm Yashica, but will have
to relearn some of this manual camera stuff.  I just got a copy of the Steve
Simmons book.

Anyone know why the Stroebel book is $60+?
*http://tinyurl.com/2gy5sb*
That's college textbook territory!

Jeff
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>  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
>
>
> I've never heard of anybody any good using them. Not even on the internet.
> Run around and Take spot readings. "down spot down"
> 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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