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Old 20th October 2020, 03:57 PM
Collas Collas is offline
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With the Rolleiflex I have, an MX-EVS, it's difficult to use the camera without EVs as the shutter speed dial and the aperture dial are both interlinked. Pushing a button in the centre of the aperture dial allows the link to be broken (the later model of MX-EVS has a better method of doing this). My late father's Voitländer Vito B also uses an EV interlock.
The external meter reading is taken and the EV number is dialled into the controls on the camera. As the controls are linked, then changing to a faster speed automatically alters the aperture to match (within the limits of the apertures and shutter speeds available to you camera, which in the case of the Rollei and Vito B isn't very wide). Choosing a slower speed opens the aperture. Changing the aperture alters the speed. It works quite well.
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