Minolta Alpha/Dynax 7 Exposure Compensation Dial |
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Idleidolidyll ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 04 August 2010 Country: New Zealand Location: Aotearoa Status: Offline Posts: 811 |
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As much as I love my Minolta Alpha 7, the exposure compensation dial really pisses me off!
Yesterday I set it to +1/3rd to get a bit more shadow detail. A little later in the day, I looked at it and the dial had moved around to +2 and a 3rd. I don't believe it's my finger accidentally moving it, I reckon it's when I put it back in my backpack, camera bag or sling it around my neck/shoulder. It locks at zero adjustment but is free to move from any other setting. I guess I could say "at least my shots will be over-exposed and not under-exposed" but I was deliberately including the sky and clouds in many of the shots and using an orange or red filter. I'll shoot the rest of the roll today (12 shots) and might just use compensating development to help 'just in case'. (Rodinal at 1+300 stand developed for 2 hours) |
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neilt3 ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 13 September 2010 Country: United Kingdom Location: Manchester.U.K Status: Offline Posts: 2883 |
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If you want to expose the roll at a different EV , just manually set the ISO and leave the dial set to zero .
So if your using an ISO 200 film , set the camera to expose it as ISO 160 . |
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Idleidolidyll ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 04 August 2010 Country: New Zealand Location: Aotearoa Status: Offline Posts: 811 |
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Yeah, I've reached that same conclusion. |
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