Hi--

>> Unless the lens is unusually good wide-open, and you are very good at
>> focusing, you will not get the best sharpness this way....

>Yes, I'm sure that's true. With a slow lens and teleconverter, though,
>I can't afford to give up any aperture unless I use faster film, and
>I've noticed more degradation in color from using Sensia 400 than
>I've noticed in sharpness from using the lens wide open. I should
>try some Ektachrome 400 and see if its colors are as muddy as Sensia.

They are virtually identical films, both really 320, BTW.
(And, most converters are quite poor at widest lens aperture......)

>> >> BTW, AI'd, AI, AIS, E,
>> >> and AF lenses will all work in program mode on the FG. Others have
>> >> explained how this is done.

>> They are in adjacent posts, about how the camera samples the stopped down
>> image before exposure and changes the speed to fit any aperture error >> detected.

>Ah, one of them finally made it to this site yesterday, and it
>explained a lot (I'd thought of that possibility, but never really
>believed the simple little FG could do anything that complex).
>Perhaps the other explanation has come in by now.

Ah, we think of this medium as being instantaneous, but some of those
posts (look at the dates) are quite old - it makes for difficulties
with repeated posts, general communication, when some servers are so
much slower than others.....

>Thanks again for the info ...
> ...Akkana (Akkana.Peck@Eng.Sun.COM)

You're welcome!
David Ruether