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10-12-2015, 01:33 PM   #31
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QuoteOriginally posted by lesdmess Quote
do you know of another camera that will dependably aperture priority autoexpose as long as the pentax lx? From all that i have tried - past and present by any other brand, there are none.


k2dmd.


I measured 35 minutes.

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QuoteOriginally posted by chickentender Quote
It never occurred to me to let the LX take the "tinkering" out of lightning exposures.
Basically a built in lightning trigger.

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QuoteOriginally posted by kai_in_paisley Quote
the fact that, beyond 1sec exposures, films become 'less sensitive' and need extended exposure times or adjusted aperture.
Depends on the film. Ilford films are all one second. Kodak is generally two seconds on their slow-to-medium films. Fuji Acros is 120 seconds (yes, two minutes) before reciprocity failure begins.


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I assume that the auto-exposure on the LX doesn't compensate for this by itself ?
I believe that to be correct. Some advanced cameras do, I think, compensate for reciprocity failure. Typically, people who shoot long enough exposures where reciprocity failure occurs will be able to also calculate the reciprocity failure compensation.

I'll be taking my LX on a two-week trip (starting next week) and a big part of that is astrophotography. So watch the Forum front page in December for the next installment of the Astrohotography Series for a bunch of long-exposure film shots using the LX.
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QuoteOriginally posted by Cuthbert Quote
k2dmd.


I measured 35 minutes.


I never had a K2DMD and if this is true - and repeatable, that makes it only second to the LX in duration.

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My K2 won't go that long on Auto. The K2DMD must have had some changes beyond just allowing the attachment of a motor base.
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QuoteOriginally posted by LesDMess Quote
I never had a K2DMD and if this is true - and repeatable, that makes it only second to the LX in duration.

Out of curiosity yesterday I set the ASA to 16, closed the diaphgram at f22 and pointed at a dark place....the shutter remained open for more than 1 hour and 42 minutes, then I got bored and reset it...to be honest when I see these long exposures I wonder if the camera has some problems, it would be interesting to see if it stops by itself, sometimes I think the camera has some issues.


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My K2 won't go that long on Auto. The K2DMD must have had some changes beyond just allowing the attachment of a motor base.

I think the lightmeter circuit was modified to get the AE lock working, like many DMD owners I never had the opportunity to get the motordrive.

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QuoteOriginally posted by Cuthbert Quote
Out of curiosity yesterday I set the ASA to 16, closed the diaphgram at f22 and pointed at a dark place....the shutter remained open for more than 1 hour and 42 minutes, then I got bored and reset it...to be honest when I see these long exposures I wonder if the camera has some problems, it would be interesting to see if it stops by itself, sometimes I think the camera has some issues.


What is important is repeatability. Setup light for an 8second exposure at widest aperture then close down the aperture - as well as adjust ISO, for longer exposure times and see if the K2DMD reacts predictably and if it is repeatable. This is how I tested all my cameras and how I found out which ones can go past their limits. The Canons were easy as they always stop at 30seconds as stated in the manuals. My Nikons can achieve past a few minutes but mot reliably. The Minoltas and others less than a minute. The Olympus OM4 is repeatable to 4minutes.

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QuoteOriginally posted by LesDMess Quote
What is important is repeatability. Setup light for an 8second exposure at widest aperture then close down the aperture - as well as adjust ISO, for longer exposure times and see if the K2DMD reacts predictably and if it is repeatable. This is how I tested all my cameras and how I found out which ones can go past their limits. The Canons were easy as they always stop at 30seconds as stated in the manuals. My Nikons can achieve past a few minutes but mot reliably. The Minoltas and others less than a minute. The Olympus OM4 is repeatable to 4minutes.


Today's measurements:




F1.4 9”


F2 23”


F2.8 39”


F4 59”


F5.6 2’20”


F8 5’18”


F11 1h 19’ 18”


The last value is not accurate as the shutter remained open until I forgot to check and I didn't hear it closing, Ser LEs, is this "time dilatation" normal? I didn't checkt F16 and F22 because it would have taken the entire night.
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QuoteOriginally posted by Cuthbert Quote
Today's measurements:
The last value is not accurate as the shutter remained open until I forgot to check and I didn't hear it closing, Ser LEs, is this "time dilatation" normal? I didn't checkt F16 and F22 because it would have taken the entire night.
I wonder what accounts for the slight deviations - is your light source constant?
More importantly will repeating the test - hence the light source has to be reliable, will you get reasonably close results?
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Yes it is, it's artificial so I don't have reason to doubt about it.

As said, all the values until F8 seemed reasonable to me, F11 has been a very long exposure, I'll repeat the test for F16 tonight.
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I started the F16 exposure yesterday abotu 7:30 PM, today at 7:30 AM the shutter was still closed, returned from home I found the shutter closed, I don't know when but the exposure has been very long, and now the battery is almost drained.


One thing is for sure: the K2DMD was the dry run of the LX.
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QuoteOriginally posted by Cuthbert Quote
I started the F16 exposure yesterday abotu 7:30 PM, today at 7:30 AM the shutter was still closed, returned from home I found the shutter closed, I don't know when but the exposure has been very long, and now the battery is almost drained.


One thing is for sure: the K2DMD was the dry run of the LX.


Thanks for testing this out. Now I have to acquire a K2DMD!
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You won't be disappointed: the DMD is a sweet (albeit heavy) camera, even if it's one generation older than the LX for some reasons (ex. building quality) I prefer it to the Pentax deLuXe.


A pity that it was introduced too late, it was too expensive and didn't have at least interchangeble screen, if it were a complete system camera it would have probably outperformed the pro cameras of the 70s.
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QuoteOriginally posted by Digitalis Quote
I used to shoot mostly transparency 35mm films. I only briefly used negative films, usually for projects where I felt the exposure latitude would come in handy. In those situations I would always use Kodak films for their superior colour accuracy. With My LX cameras* I have used Kodachrome 64**, Kodak T-MAX 100,Kodak E100G,Fuji Provia 100F, Fuji Astia 100F. Fuji Velvia 50 (the original, I never bothered with the new version)

I found this among my 35mm film scans:


Pentax LX - SMCP-FA 31mm f/1.8 ASPH Limited - Kodak E100G - ISO 100 f/4 40s (I was doing an experiment where I had the camera in AE and the camera cut the exposure short due to the lightning strike)

* I own 6 Pentax LX cameras.
** I have to admit with some pride that I have used this film.
Sorry to resurrect a zombie, all.... But say, Digitalis. I was wondering what happened to this particular accidental lightning photo. Was thumbing back through this thread as result of a convo elsewhere and noticed it's missing; hoped you might still have it about somewhere. Cheers.
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Fortunately, I have a very good photographic archive and well structured keywording system*.

This is just a small version of the original full frame scan.



Pentax LX - SMCP-FA 31mm f/1.8 ASPH Limited - Kodak E100G - ISO 100 f/4 40s
(photo taken in august 2005)

* though to be honest, my success rate with lightning photography in the Film era was pretty low, so I didn't have a huge amount of material to sift through.

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