[LRflex] Re: Exposure Issue with Leica R7?
- From: Walter Kramer <walter.kramer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:31:25 +1000
Miha,
I will check this as I believe exposure is locked on the R7 when you
first depress the shutter button. I think you can then recompose, focus
and shoot as you describe.
Thanks
On Tue, 2009-09-22 at 15:21 +0200, Miha Golobic wrote:
> Walter, is there an exposure-lock mode on the R7? I use this all the
> time in back-lit situations with my R3 mot. I measure the ground, half
> press the exposure button, recompose, and shoot. Always in A mode,
> integral metering.
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> Miha
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> 2009/9/22 Philippe Amard <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>
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> Walter Kramer wrote:
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> Thanks Philippe,
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> Details,
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> These are B&W negatives developed and scanned at my
> local Fuji lab using
> I believe one of their frontier machines.
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> The + - expo compensation is as you described on the
> R7 but I never use
> it because it is quite awkward to manipulate. Easier
> to use manual mode
> and compensate via shutter speed.
>
> just like me ;-)
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> Lens is fully closed down but I must admit that at
> times I have failed
> to reset after changing shooting modes, eg, from
> aperture priority back
> to program ... maybe that's the issue.
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> happened to me too, we could start a club ...
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> Here are a couple sequential frames shooting the same
> scene. I'm pretty
> sure both were taken in program mode with the lens
> stopped down to min
> aperture ... but I can't be certain.
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> OK
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> http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2565/3943719295_e52e0e3722_b.jpg
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> Not OK
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> http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3426/3943718289_43382808fd_b.jpg
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> Technically not the same for the cell - one is vertical and
> right - probably because it takes the ground as a reference -
> the sky area is small in proportion of the ground/grass
> the other horizontal - light is measured with a gradation for
> the upper part of the frame (usually sky in horizontal mode)
> yet it takes here a much larger proportion of the measurement
> area I guess, hence slightly too dark , which may have
> affected the scanner readings too
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> using the + / - thing or going manual could then solve the pb
> - but this is just a guess
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> ph
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> On Tue, 2009-09-22 at 11:54 +0200, Philippe Amard
> wrote:
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> ouch!
> is this a print or a scanned neg?
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> two leds is no issue so far as I know - you
> get an intermediate aperture value I guess (no
> exif to prove it though) - watch that you're
> not out of the aperture/speed range, that's
> all.
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> backlight - I never had an R7 but as early as
> the R3, you can alter the exposure setting and
> tell the cam it is backlit for instance; the +
> - switch should be on the left hand side where
> you adjust the ASA/ISO (and somewhat tricky to
> change when your eye is against the window
> BTW, later improved in the R8/9) - it is
> there on the R4, its location shouldn't have
> changed as it is the same family
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> Also, it depends on the cell setting -
> centered, 'full screen', etc if availble in
> PRG mode on the R7 (isn't on the R4).
>
> I suppose we need more details.
>
> Hope this helps for a start though
>
> Philippe
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> An after-thought, when shooting in programme
> mode, is your lense fully closed down?
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> Walter Kramer wrote:
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> Hello,
>
> I am getting some unpleasant exposure
> results with my R7 and I don't
> know if it is my inexperience or
> something to do with the camera. I
> use
> P mode often and maybe it's just not
> suitable where there is strong back
> light.
>
> The other possibility is that the leds
> on the right are displaying two
> aperture modes when I take the shot,
> eg, f2.8 and f4.0 lit up. The
> manual instructs to change the shutter
> speed dial until only one
> aperture reading displays, I have
> largely ignored this. Anyway I get
> two or three shots like this in a role
> and the only pattern I can see is
> the scene has bright lighting in the
> background.
>
> Here is an example. Maybe someone has
> experienced this, I'm hoping it
> is operator error.
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> http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2579/3944281840_8ff3f820bb_b.jpg
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