Least comical workaround to get "manual" exposure?

Hey, this is my thread! How dare you hijack it with political talk!

That our nation has reversed course from eight years of incompetence and thuggery is no reason to start expressing political opinions.

How much does the lens size vary - because the Lytecap does allow for a little play when put on the lens...

[ralph-FR]

How much does the lens size vary - because the Lytecap does allow for a little play when put on the lens...

Because there are so many different "outer diameters/shapes" for so many different SLR lenses, your best bet is either to make it fit inside the threading which is standard across lenses (but you'll need to provide step up/down adapters for all the common threadings, like 58mm, 72, 77, 82...)
Or to make it flat so it can hover onto any lens barrel. But with little bumps for the various diameters so it can easily be positionned time after time in a repeatable way.
I should file a patent.

* inside the threading is going to be challenging and from the past with the HV20, most people don't want a screw in type device, they want to pop it on and off, so that is what I am still trying to get a handle on.

[ralph-FR]

from the past with the HV20, most people don't want a screw in type device

You seem to forget that the HV20 has a fixed lens. Not ONE person here has only one lens in his arsenal (I have 9).

As I understand it we will not be able to choose the ISO, but we can lock it down at a certain value picked by the camera, by using the * button. I believe the least comical way to get "manual" exposure will be to use an all manual prime. i.e zeiss, leica R or nikon. And then open the aperture untill you get the desired ISO, then lock it and stop it down.

Another option would be to use canon lenses and a set of vari NDs

http://www.singh-ray.com/varind.html



and then turn it up and down while you fumble around with the exposure compensation hoping for a good ISO/Shutter/aperture combination to lock down.

btw. like this forum... Good work

[ralph-FR]

And then open the aperture untill you get the desired ISO, then lock it and stop it down.

You forgot the shutter speed, it's part of the "problem". Hence the desire to have a repeatable amount of light which the user would know that it gives a certain combination of ISO and shutter (aperture is a non-issue, just "ralph" the lens or use a manual one)

And then open the aperture untill you get the desired ISO, then lock it and stop it down.

You forgot the shutter speed, it's part of the "problem". Hence the desire to have a repeatable amount of light which the user would know that it gives a certain combination of ISO and shutter (aperture is a non-issue, just "ralph" the lens or use a manual one)

Ok now I get it... they really gave this a lot of thought at the CANON r n´d... they had a whole department making sure that this camera doesn t become too good"

but if its designet that way, ISO/shutter are probably gonna move in a specific repeatable pattern from low to high. iso/shutter will move opposite of eachother, making it impossible to get low iso with slow shutter.

sorry, what does it mean to "ralph" a lense

. . . . . and then turn it up and down while you fumble around with the exposure compensation hoping for a good ISO/Shutter/aperture combination to lock down.

How would you know you have got a good ISO/Shutter/aperture combination to lock down ?

I don't think the information is displayed on the LCD.