I sometimes take a pad of 1.5 x 2 inch post-it notes into the field. Just tear off the bottom sheet and put the whole pad over the finder. When it stops sticking, tear off another and keep going...
Or - shoot in manual mode (then the light leakage has no effect.) - MCC At 09:54 AM 7/29/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Ok, >I feel a bit stupid. There is a long story that leads to the solution that >I won't bore you with, but the long and short is that I was not using (and >didn't know I should be using) a viewfinder cover when taking these shots. >Light leakage into the viewfinder was causing the underexposure. - Problem >solved. >Note to self - use viewfinder cover if eyeball not in viewfinder. >J > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 10:01 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Macro question > > >Jason, >I'm using automatic, not manual on the Super Program with Bellows. >For manual, you will need to stop the lens down to do the metering. >Otherwise, you have been taking pictures at open aperture. >Regards, Bob S. > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > ><< Bob, > Hey, those are some nice CRISP pics! (and correctly exposed!!;-) ) > Did you take those using the manual mode on the camera setting the exposure > based on what the camera said in the viewfinder or some other method. > When I do what you suggest the double cable release operates correctly, and > use the camera's internal metering, all shots are underexposed 2 to 3 >stops. > Jason > > -----Original Message----- > Jason, > > Sorry for misreading. Without a flash, using the Super Program and a >bellows > works like this for me... I have an autobellows A. The bellows shutter > release plugs into the camera and the front of the bellows (lens end). > Depress the plunger slowly and you will see that it closes down the >aperture > on the lens before it fires the shutter. This way, the camera/lens is used > > at open aperture, but the aperture is closed down to shooting aperture and > the scene metered before the shutter is released. > > It's worked for me, but then I haven't used over 1 to 1 very often. See > these... > http://pug.komkon.org/00marc/tulipb.html > http://pug.komkon.org/02feb/grape.html > Regards, Bob S. >> >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Kalamazoo, MI [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - - - - - - - - - Photos: http://www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
