Perhaps a silly question but...

[imonk]

I've recently bought an old mamiya C220 medium format camera but I don't have a light meter or any experience using one. What I do have in the way of film is a Nilon F65. Now my question is this...Could I use the F65 as a kind of meter for taking evening/night shots? At least until I'm used to using the Mamiya? I have them both loaded with fuji velvia 50 so if I use the F65's meter reading for my Mamiya exposure, then perhaps bracket around it, will it get me close to a good exposure?

Basically, will the F65's meter suggestions transpose to the Mamiya? I'm not sure if there's any difference between ISO 50 135 and 120 film.

Any advice greatly appreciated

 

[JBrunner]

Yes, your hunch is right on the money. Nilons have very good meters. Exposure is constant across formats, excepting shutter quirks by individual lenses, etc.

 

[thebanana]

Yes, your hunch is right on the money. Nilons have very good meters. Exposure is constant across formats, excepting shutter quirks by individual lenses, etc.

What he said

 

[imonk]

Great

That's great, thanks for confirming this guys. Off our tonight if the weather holds so I'll hopefully shoot a test roll and see how it comes out.

Cheers!
Ian