Nick, The post exposure reading was taken on the LX after unlocking the mirror. I set f/8, focused, locked up the mirror and shot. I have no way of knowing what the actual shutter speed was when the meter read the light reflected by the film. Just seems a large drop and at a speed which may not even allow a shutter speed change after the reflective film shroud moves aside. I will not be showing any image samples. My guess is that the test will be inconclusive even using a 5000K light box and a 15x loupe. If I'm convinced otherwise, I'll pass it along. I brought up the test in case anyone had a thought about filter performances.
Jack --- Nick Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had the same problem (or is it really a solution) > with my LX with a slow aperture actuator, probably > caused by old lubricant. The aperture was slow in > closing down and so more light reached the film so > the LX ended the exposure early. If in manual mode I > got overexposure, but Auto was fine. > > How do you know the speed was 1/1000th rather than > 1/350th? I would think they sound the same. In my > case I noticed it because I was working at slower > speeds. > > Nick > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Jack Davis"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: 14/04/05 22:38:11 > All shots (16 in all) were made with the same > lens set > at f/8 with mirror lock-up. Post shot shutter > speeds: > LX 1/1000 and MZ-S 1/350. Time span between > shots just > moments. Sun movement or clouds (none) not > considered > factors. > I realize that the actual LX exposure/shutter > likely > varied from pre-exposure reading, but I'm > surprised at > how much. Perhaps I'm just the last to discover > this. > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
