Hi Derby now I understand, you got too much black space around the moon and the camera overexposed. So a full frame moon should translate to nearly gray then... thanks for your answer greetings Markus
>>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 11:05 PM >>To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net >>Subject: RE: WTB: mirror lens >> >> >>Hi Markus, >> >>Oh, with a 500 and a 2x, the moon should be quite large in the >>frame. So the >>metering will be close. But if I just had the mirror without the extender, >>normal metering will just create a white blob for the moon. Its >>nice to have the >>freedom to chimp, and adjust accordingly. >> >>D >> >> >> >>Quoting Markus Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >>> Hi Derby >>> do you overexpose moonlight shots by 2 stops or did I misunderstand you >>> here? >>> I would like to try some shots of full moon soon with the Tamron SP 500 >>> mirror lens and maybe the SP 2x extender. >>> greetings >>> Markus >>> >>> >> >>> >>But I still like M. It's useful if the metered exposure is out by >>> >>more than two >>> >>stops (happens often when taking moonlight shots, and you want to >>> >>keep lunar >>> >>detail). >>> >> >>> >>D >>> >> >>> >> >>
