I'm asking this here because the back I'm considering is a camera accessory. I've been shooting my Shen Hao 4x5 a lot lately, and I generally shoot at night. Really, I can't use my incident meter for this. What I've been doing is taking a shot with my Nikon D300 and adjusting the exposure until I get what I want, then use that setting for my Shen Hao. This is easy as most of my lenses are modern Copal. However, I'm now also using a Derogy Petzval. I've started to make some washer stops for it. I don't know for sure what the aperture is and have been shooting film and then send it in to see how it comes out. This is slow as it takes me a week to get sheets back. I've been looking at buying this adapter back for the Shen Hao, which will let me mount my D300 directly to the Shen Hao:
https://www.badgergraphic.com/store/..._detail&p=2859
With this, couldn't I just take the shots directly with the Derogy and find what exposure setting I need? Couldn't I also get some cool Petzval shots with my D300 too? How useful would this mounting plate/back be in reality?
Kent in SD
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