Stefan Steib
Active member
Paul
as a User of Lightmeters for years also I think you simply run into the fact that about all MF Backs are a bit "cheating" on sensitivity. This was confirmed by DXO see here - depending on your back and compared to which camera this may be as much as 1,5 Stops.
See the graph I downloaded from DXO.
This is not really a problem most of the time when you just use Histograms -
see Siebel (and as we all do this now!) and other comments :
" I sold all my meters and have never looked back. Shoot a test frame, check the histogram and adjust from there. This is WAY faster and more accurate than any meter."
It is accurate to achieve best results, but it is NOT accurate in terms of absolute Values.......
Greetings from Munich
Stefan
as a User of Lightmeters for years also I think you simply run into the fact that about all MF Backs are a bit "cheating" on sensitivity. This was confirmed by DXO see here - depending on your back and compared to which camera this may be as much as 1,5 Stops.
See the graph I downloaded from DXO.
This is not really a problem most of the time when you just use Histograms -
see Siebel (and as we all do this now!) and other comments :
" I sold all my meters and have never looked back. Shoot a test frame, check the histogram and adjust from there. This is WAY faster and more accurate than any meter."
It is accurate to achieve best results, but it is NOT accurate in terms of absolute Values.......
Greetings from Munich
Stefan