RE: Autoexposure Follies? (was Re: Nikon Data Backs

[Theo Benson <TBenson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, I gathered no disrespect at all from your message. You are, in my
opinion, quite right. I often use my old Nikon FM when shooting IR, but when
I am limited to what I can carry, my N90s's must do double duty. But when I
use them it's always in FULL manual mode. Their light meters aren't
calibrated for IR -- I confirmed this by an empirical test.

I do wish someone made an affordable IR exposure meter...

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	pico [SMTP:pico@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent:	Tuesday, July 14, 1998 1:02 PM
> To:	infrared@xxxxx
> Subject:	Autoexposure Follies? (was Re: Nikon Data Backs
> 
> 
> All this talk about the difficulty of using a modern, highly advanced
> camera
> for IR seems to indicate that it's simply not a good choice, and perhaps a
> totally manual, nonelectric, simple camera would be best. Perhaps an old
> Nikon F, Leica M, Olympus, Koni-Omega 6x7, etc...
> 
> This _assumes_ that integrated meters cannot really be set properly for IR
> work. In my experience, using a spot-meter and accustomed to the Zone
> system, IR exposures under diverse conditions requires a great deal of
> human
> judgement, and final exposures are all over the place. Can a modern camera
> be set to autoexpose properly? Really?
> 
> very best, and no disrespect intended to current technology!
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