alphazo
Newbie
After many months of reading and investigating I finally ordered a GF670 (before the USD/EURO ratio gets too bad). I own a number of digital camera (no Leica though) but every time I process some B&W films shot with my old Rolleiflex 3.5F I'm just shocked by the tonal range and mood of the picture. I hope that the GF670 will enable me to carry a MF camera more often. I looked around for a used Mamiya 6 (I'm a square guy) and Plaubel Makina but pricing is just insane on eBay for such old gear.
Anyway, I was reading through the Bessa III 667 (same as GF670) manual and have a question for the GF670 owners.
On the section regarding Aperture Priority AE mode you can read:
- "There are 1/2 steps between each F number."
- "Set the aperture to a full click stop, otherwise proper exposure value might not be selected."
My question is what happens if you do use half stop, would that prevent the camera to compute the right shutter speed?
Thank you for sharing you experience.
alphazo
Anyway, I was reading through the Bessa III 667 (same as GF670) manual and have a question for the GF670 owners.
On the section regarding Aperture Priority AE mode you can read:
- "There are 1/2 steps between each F number."
- "Set the aperture to a full click stop, otherwise proper exposure value might not be selected."
My question is what happens if you do use half stop, would that prevent the camera to compute the right shutter speed?
Thank you for sharing you experience.
alphazo
canetsbe
Well-known
My guess is the manual is just saying the meter might not be precise enough to give half-stop readings in AV, because the camera only has full stops between the shutter speeds. So at worst you're only off by half a stop, which in all practicality doesn't matter much especially if you're shooting bw/color neg.
Not once have I been disappointed with the results I got using the in-camera meter. You just have to be smart about it, as with any meter, and not trust it on blind faith.
Not once have I been disappointed with the results I got using the in-camera meter. You just have to be smart about it, as with any meter, and not trust it on blind faith.