ljsegil
Well-known
I am reasonably new to panoramic photography, and just acquired a Panolux to go with my Noblex 6/150E. So far, I have two questions for the forum. First, are there particular conditions when either incident/reflective metering might be favored over the alternate technique? The manual is quite vague on which method to choose. Secondly, my camera does not have slow shutter speeds available. Will the Panolux give me a shutter speed that I can use to compute multiple exposures in order to reach a speed lower than the shutter can produce? How will the Panolux handle the multiple exposure situation?
Any and all help, advice, and scorn will be appreciated.
Thanks,
LJS
Any and all help, advice, and scorn will be appreciated.
Thanks,
LJS
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RML
Guest
Are you sure your Noblex doesn't have low speeds? Even my 135 has.
What I do is just meter the scene from left to right and make a mental note of the highest and lowest shutter speeds. Depending on wjat part of the scene I want emphasised, I use the higher or the lower speed, or match somewhere halfway inbetween.
IIRC, if you need (for example) a 2 sec exposure, you can just use 2x a 1 second exposure. No idea how the panolux works as I found it expensive and rather pointless. A good light meter is cheaper and more versatile.
What I do is just meter the scene from left to right and make a mental note of the highest and lowest shutter speeds. Depending on wjat part of the scene I want emphasised, I use the higher or the lower speed, or match somewhere halfway inbetween.
IIRC, if you need (for example) a 2 sec exposure, you can just use 2x a 1 second exposure. No idea how the panolux works as I found it expensive and rather pointless. A good light meter is cheaper and more versatile.
Finder
Veteran
I am sorry, but I have no idea how the Panolux will calculate multiple exposures. However, simply adding one second exposures together does not always equal a single exposure of the same total length - it is called the intermittancy (sp?) effect. I suspect the Panolux does not compensate for the intermittancy effect and simply gives the total required exposure time in multiple exposures. If you are finding this causes underexposure, then I would simply compensate. The slow shutter speed module will make this easier.
As far as which method of metering is more effective depends on the operator. Just take the one you perfer.
As far as which method of metering is more effective depends on the operator. Just take the one you perfer.
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RML
Guest
See here ( http://www.noblex.com/download/panolux150eng.pdf ) for the Panolux 150 manual.