ZM85 focus test

FanMan said:
I furthermore tried to test the accuracy of the 85mm framelines in the ZI‘s viewfinder. In the following shot I have chosen the distance to the window pane in the photo, so that the window approximately filled 100% of the 85mm frame. As you can see the actual photo covers more than the viewfinders‘s framelines. It seems that the framelines are more like „90mm“. Again, only a very simple user test. But it shows indeed that the framelines are only an indicator - not as exact as an SLR's viewfinder.
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and it seems that the framelines' top line has the greatest accuracy.
 
Hi Fanman

sorry for my ignorance, but exactly which kind of exposure meter is the one you use? I know the handheld ones but I have no experience at all on those that can be attached to the camera top shoe. Besides, how can you read the incident light on your subject with this kind of exposure meter? Can it be used handheld and detached from the camera?
Many thanks.
 
italy74 said:
Hi Fanman

sorry for my ignorance, but exactly which kind of exposure meter is the one you use? I know the handheld ones but I have no experience at all on those that can be attached to the camera top shoe. Besides, how can you read the incident light on your subject with this kind of exposure meter? Can it be used handheld and detached from the camera?
Many thanks.
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Hi Dino,

the exposure meter is the Sekonic TwinMate. It is delivered with an accessory mounting shoe that can be attached to the bottom of the exposure meter. It can be attached to the ZI or it can be used as a handheld meter. I first wanted to have the Gossen Digisix which is very similar, but the accessory mounting shoe costs extra and I prefer the analog scale of the Twinmate and not so much the digital display of the Gossen. That's why I went for the Twinmate.

http://www.sekonic.com/products/products.asp?ID=2

For incident light I simply turn around.
 
Gabriel M.A. said:
🙁 All the links are broken for me. Anybody else having this issue at this moment?
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No. Works fine.


Thanks for doing the work and posting about it.
Any shots wide open? Bokeh tests?

Thanks.
 
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