chris00nj
Young Luddite
I am looking at likely either getting a R2a or R3a and I was wondering how the AE logic worked. Since the camera is picking the shutter speed, and shutter speed are full stops, the exposure could be off by a half a stop, which would adversely effect slide film exposure?
For example if the ideal shutter speed at a given aperture for an exposure should be 1/45, does the camera pick 1/30 or 1/60? Does it indicate that the exposure is a 1/2 stop off?
For example if the ideal shutter speed at a given aperture for an exposure should be 1/45, does the camera pick 1/30 or 1/60? Does it indicate that the exposure is a 1/2 stop off?
ferider
Veteran
From Stephen's website on the R[23]A: AE Selected shutter speeds are stepless 1/2000th to 8 seconds. The LED speeds indicated in the viewfinder are rounded off. .
Spyderman
Well-known
The speeds are stepless in automatic mode.
The camera meters light reflected off the gray shutter and sets exposure to some value that would render a gray subject gray.
But how often do you shoot a perfectly average scene ?
And what do you think - did the photographers in the 50's and 60's have super-precise spotmeters when they shot kodachrome ? No.
Even slide film has some latitude. I think just enough to handle full stop increments in shutter speed and f-stop. For example me: I shoot slides with OM-4 and set shutter speed and f-stop manually, so even though the camera can measure it to 1/3 stop, I set my exposure in full stops and the slides are still perfectly usable.
The camera meters light reflected off the gray shutter and sets exposure to some value that would render a gray subject gray.
But how often do you shoot a perfectly average scene ?
And what do you think - did the photographers in the 50's and 60's have super-precise spotmeters when they shot kodachrome ? No.
Even slide film has some latitude. I think just enough to handle full stop increments in shutter speed and f-stop. For example me: I shoot slides with OM-4 and set shutter speed and f-stop manually, so even though the camera can measure it to 1/3 stop, I set my exposure in full stops and the slides are still perfectly usable.
chris00nj
Young Luddite
Thanks. I missed that on Gandy's site even though I read it.