Multi-segment metering with M lenses (was Re: ZX-5n metering question)

2001-12-16 Thread John Fieber
On Friday, December 14, 2001, at 09:28 AM, Kent Gittings wrote: > It's the "A" function that matters for multi-segment metering as I > remember. > The manual should have said that. After experimenting and studying up on the K family of mounts at http://www.BDimitrov.de/kmp/ (and http://www.BD

ZX-5n metering question

2001-12-13 Thread John Fieber
I just got a ZX-5n to replace/supplement my old SuperProgram. Looking through the manual, on page 57 it states that in aperture priority mode multi-segment metering can only be used with F and FA lenses. Is this a mistake in the manual? Some experimenting with my A lenses seems to indicate t

Books

2001-12-02 Thread John Fieber
What are some of your favorite photography books? For example, favorite book in categories such as these: * essential camera bag reference * historical / biographical * inspirational * field shooting technique * darkroom technique * photo technology (film, digital, other) * (insert your o

Re: The weakest link?

2001-11-28 Thread John Fieber
On Wednesday, November 28, 2001, at 02:35 PM, Patrick White wrote: > This makes the images produced on a > Mac appear too light (or is it too dark?) on PCs. > Basically, there are three apropaches to dealing with this: 1) > make it look > goon on a Mac and forget about the PC users, 2) ma