Non automatic cameras are often the best. Because you don't have to try to outsmart the camera if conditions are not average.
I use my Pentacon Six TL along with a hand held meter, even though I do have a metered prisma, I can mount on the camera. Hand held metering is often much better (if there's enough time - for instance for aerial photography, landscapes, portraits etc.). When using a hand held meter for incident metering, there's no need for compensating for back lit scenery, very bright or very dark parts of the scenery. Simply because it's not the reflected light, that is measuered. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Frantisek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 29. december 2004 11:10 Til: Peter J. Alling Emne: Re: Quick Survey: Mechanical Camera Usage >> Bolsey - Jacques Bolsey was the designer of these & many other >> cameras. There must be someone somewhere who repairs Alpas, though - >> and yours is a very early Alpa. >> All the best! Wow! Bolsky/Bolesey/Bogopolsky (Ukraininan) was actually the man behind Bolex cinema cameras! The probably most famous 16mm in the world :) Thanks for the name - I didn't know he was also behind the design of Alpa cameras. Good light! fra
