Re: Pebtax MV shutter speeds

2005-10-27 Thread Margus Männik
Hi Frank and others, frank theriault wrote: fun cam! Yep, very basic. I wanted something as simple as possible for shooting on colour negatives. Actually I was aiming some MG or ME, but as there was MV available for cheap at german eBay... now, after a first roll I'm quite pleased. I just s

Re: Pebtax MV shutter speeds

2005-10-27 Thread keith_w
Jack Davis wrote: Oh! I see. I take it, then, that the MV is full auto only, with no manual settings possible. Mechanical shutter speeds notwithstanding. That's right. Aperture preferred only. Place it on Auto, and it will select it's own idea of the correct speed, based on where you've set t

Re: Pebtax MV shutter speeds

2005-10-27 Thread keith_w
P. J. Alling wrote: I don't believe that the MV had any mechanical shutter speeds, just X and B, sort of like a ME without the +/- 2 stop exposure override. My MV has a 1/100 sec. speed on it's dial. Further, it also has a + and - under the rewind dial, where you can set an under- or overexpo

Re: Pebtax MV shutter speeds

2005-10-27 Thread P. J. Alling
Yep, manual~mechanical, slip of the keyboard... Jack Davis wrote: Oh! I see. I take it, then, that the MV is full auto only, with no manual settings possible. Mechanical shutter speeds notwithstanding. Jack --- "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't believe that the MV had an

Re: Pebtax MV shutter speeds

2005-10-27 Thread Jack Davis
Oh! I see. I take it, then, that the MV is full auto only, with no manual settings possible. Mechanical shutter speeds notwithstanding. Jack --- "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't believe that the MV had any mechanical shutter speeds, just X > > and B, sort of like a ME withou

Re: Pebtax MV shutter speeds

2005-10-27 Thread frank theriault
On 10/27/05, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't believe that the MV had any mechanical shutter speeds, just X > and B, sort of like a ME without the +/- 2 stop exposure override. you are correct, sir. so basic was this camera that there was no shutter speed display. in the viewfin

Re: Pebtax MV shutter speeds

2005-10-27 Thread P. J. Alling
I don't believe that the MV had any mechanical shutter speeds, just X and B, sort of like a ME without the +/- 2 stop exposure override. Jack Davis wrote: Margus, I'm going to pass along a thought, although I don't own an MV and know absolutely nothing about them. The 1 sec. min. shutter speed

Re: Pebtax MV shutter speeds

2005-10-27 Thread P. J. Alling
I believe that Pentax put a better meter/shutter combination in the MV than they took credit for, shutter speeds longer than 1 sec. may not be very accurate however since they weren't guaranteed correct. Margus Männik wrote: Hi, I got an old nice Pentax MV. Everything seems to work fine, but

Re: Pebtax MV shutter speeds

2005-10-27 Thread frank theriault
On 10/27/05, Margus Männik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I got an old nice Pentax MV. Everything seems to work fine, but I > noticed, that by User Manual longest shutter speed should be 1 second. > My camera gives me also much longer exposures. I tried it at late > evening with lens stopped

Re: Pebtax MV shutter speeds

2005-10-27 Thread Steve Jolly
Margus Männik wrote: I got an old nice Pentax MV. Everything seems to work fine, but I noticed, that by User Manual longest shutter speed should be 1 second. My camera gives me also much longer exposures. I tried it at late evening with lens stopped down to f22, exposure was about 8 seconds and

Re: Pebtax MV shutter speeds

2005-10-27 Thread Jack Davis
Margus, I'm going to pass along a thought, although I don't own an MV and know absolutely nothing about them. The 1 sec. min. shutter speed may only apply to a manual setting.(?) The meter may, however, be able to set an exposure of up to 30 secs.(?) I'll be checking to see if you find the answer.

Pebtax MV shutter speeds

2005-10-27 Thread Margus Männik
Hi, I got an old nice Pentax MV. Everything seems to work fine, but I noticed, that by User Manual longest shutter speed should be 1 second. My camera gives me also much longer exposures. I tried it at late evening with lens stopped down to f22, exposure was about 8 seconds and everything tur