lukasz_zandecki1

September 5, 2002

I live in Poland. When I'm taking pictures with my monorail Horseman LE on the street I always meet some friendly people, who are ineterested why I'm shooting in the way they seen only in movies about old times. Often I meet other photographers and we have a chat. I like to shoot with LF camera, because people treat me better than when I'm shooting with nikon, they show more respect and understanding.

Of course like everywhere, you have to know where it is better not to go with your precious equipment.

Lukasz

June 28, 2002

Hi, Hyperfocal, here is a table for you

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35mm

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4,5x6cm

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6x6cm

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6x7cm

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6,5x9cm

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6x12cm

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4x5"

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angle of view

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wideangle

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12mm

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20mm

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24mm

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25mm

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28mm

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35mm

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42.5mm

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123°

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12.7mm

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20mm

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25mm

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26mm

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29mm

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37mm

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45mm

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119°

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13.2mm

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21mm

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26mm

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27mm

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30.5mm

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38mm

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47mm

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117°

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14mm

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23mm

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28mm

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29mm

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32mm

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41mm

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50mm

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114°

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15.5mm

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25mm

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30mm

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32mm

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36mm

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45mm

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55mm

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109°

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16mm

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26mm

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32mm

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34mm

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38mm

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47mm

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58mm

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106°

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17mm

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27mm

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33mm

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35mm

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39mm

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50mm

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60mm

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104°

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18mm

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30mm

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36mm

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38mm

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42mm

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53mm

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65mm

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100°

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20mm

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33mm

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40mm

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42mm

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47mm

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59mm

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72mm

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94°

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21mm

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34mm

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41mm

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44mm

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49mm

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61mm

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75mm

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91°

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24mm

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39mm

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47mm

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50mm

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55mm

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69mm

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85mm

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84°

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25mm

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41mm

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50mm

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53mm

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58mm

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73mm

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90mm

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81°

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28mm

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45mm

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55mm

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58mm

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65mm

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82mm

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100mm

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75°

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29.5mm

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48mm

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58mm

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61mm

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68mm

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86mm

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105mm

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72°

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31mm

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50mm

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61mm

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64mm

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71mm

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90mm

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110mm

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70°

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32mm

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52mm

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64mm

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67mm

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75mm

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94mm

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115mm

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68°

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standard

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34mm

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54mm

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66mm

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70mm

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78mm

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98mm

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120mm

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65°

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36mm

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58mm

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70mm

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74mm

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82mm

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104mm

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127mm

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62°

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38mm

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61mm

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75mm

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79mm

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88mm

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110mm

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135mm

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59°

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42mm

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68mm

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83mm

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87mm

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97mm

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122mm

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150mm

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54°

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47mm

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75mm

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91mm

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96mm

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107mm

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134mm

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165mm

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50°

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51mm

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82mm

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99mm

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105mm

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117mm

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147mm

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180mm

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46°

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56mm

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91mm

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111mm

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117mm

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130mm

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163mm

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200mm

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42°

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59mm

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95mm

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116mm

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122mm

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136mm

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171mm

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210mm

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40°

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tele

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68mm

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109mm

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133mm

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140mm

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156mm

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196mm

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240mm

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36°

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76mm

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122mm

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149mm

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157mm

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175mm

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220mm

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270mm

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32°

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85mm

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135mm

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166mm

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175mm

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195mm

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244mm

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300mm

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29°

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101mm

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163mm

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199mm

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210mm

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233mm

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293mm

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360mm

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24°

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120mm

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193mm

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235mm

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248mm

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275mm

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346mm

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425mm

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21°

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135mm

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218mm

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265mm

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280mm

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311mm

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391mm

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480mm

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18°

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150mm

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240mm

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293mm

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309mm

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343mm

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432mm

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530mm

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17°

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170mm

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272mm

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331mm

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350mm

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390mm

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489mm

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600mm

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15°

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Lukasz Zandecki (PL)

June 18, 2002

Dick, I made three 135mm (24x36mm format) rolls of test shooting to check how Starlite works under different light conditions. I also compared it's readings with my friend's Minolta IVf which after few years of using is very trusty. Minolta is more accurate, although sometimes overexposes (but very slightly). The next odd thing with Gossen Starlite is that when there is a lot of light (during the day - no matter sunny or overcast sky) it tends to underexpose a lot (0.5-0.8 EV), but early in the morning, or during evening when there is a lot smaller amount of light it underexposes very slightly (0.3 )EV, and in artfitial light or after sunset readings are accurate. Is Gossen a special purpose meter for a niche market of miners? In the situations I described, I used an incident light metering.

Of course I'm making bracketing when taking pictures of anything what doesn't move. But when I'm taking pictures of people I can't guess how much wrong is the reading. Starlite is also dedicated for cine reading. Do you imagine that Janusz Kaminski says to Steven Spielberg: "you know, the scene we shoot two days ago is underexposed, we have to do it again..."

Regards,

Lukasz Zandecki

June 12, 2002

funny, I didn't buy sekonic L508 because earlier I heard about it's "unstability" (wrong readings).

Lukasz

June 11, 2002

Andrey, Thank you. All of your observations described under url you posted are the same as mine. In fact I own a second Gossen Starlite meter. The first one was making a mistake which you described as "flaw#2"

(Flaw #2. After a long pause, in incident (constant light) mode the very first reading is SEVERAL STOPS off. Second, third etc readings are ok, but very first is absurd low. Personally for me it is not a big problem since I always take several measurements, thus I easily ignore the very first. For flash modes there is no such problem.)

After recovering this I decided to send my gossen for rapairation. After one month of waiting I called Gossen dealer in Poland and they send me a new Starlite meter. This new meter does not have a "wrong first reading" syndrome. Strange... May be Gossen's Quality Control sends broken meters to eastern market?

I think that I will work with Gossen like this:

when using ISO 100° film I will set Starlite's ISO for 64°, and when using ISO 50° film I will set for 32°.

BTW. Andrey, I'm planing a trip to St. Petersburg together with my girlfriend. I was looking for a good standard but not to expensive hotel for a one week stay. There is a lot of them on the net, but they do not inform about prices. Could you, as a person living in St. Petersburg, recomend me something? My e-mail is: "lukasz.r.zandecki@gsk.com".

Best regards, Lukasz

June 11, 2002

I'm an owner of new Gossen Starlite meter. From my 3 weeks long

experience with this instrument, I can see that the exposure values

given by Gossen are wrong. When I take a photo with exposure values

shown by Gossen I obtain underexposured slides. So, the meter shows

that there is more light than it is in fact. In spot/natural light mode

the meter adds +1.2 to +1.7 EV and in incident/natural light mode the

meter adds +0.5 to +0.8 EV. Example: in bright sunlight 14.pm the meter

should show 1/125sec f/16 for ISO 100° film (accordingly to sunny f/16

rule), but it shows 1/125 sec f/16 and 0.7 (this is for incident

metering).

Does any one of readers of this forum use Gossen Starlite meter and

have such a problem?

Best regards,

Lukasz Zandecki

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