glassJoe

This is a great experiment. I just did a quick setup to get the idea, and the exposure does indeed get darker as magnification increases at f3.5. At f8, the lens compensates by opening the ...

Makes sense, CK, thanks. I've been pretty much been following your idea of stopping down an extra stop or two when focusing close. It seems to work out fine - I was just curious to know exactly ...

Thank you for your response, Rol Lei Nut. My primary interest is not for metering - as you mentioned, I’m relying on the camera to figure that out. I’m concerned that I’m setting the camera for ...

I’m the proud owner of an early 55 3.5 micro Nikkor with the auto-compensating diaphragm - it is one of my favorites. Does anyone know how much the aperture is opening up beyond the indicated ...