Andrew Glenn Miller

I'm finding it very difficult to fully understand the Bolex system than any other system I have had my hands on, maybe it's because of all the false information out there. I'm sure I'm probably making it harder than it should be. I just know I'm not advance enough to tell for myself. I've been suggested the shutter speeds to expose for but I'd prefer to strive for perfection when it comes to exposure.

Way to break down my post :) But thanks for the info, it cleared up a lot of concerns I had with the system, I wasn't sure whether it was 2/3 or 1/3 either. I am going to shoot a B&W test roll this morning. Thanks a lot, this is a great forum!

I just upgraded from the H16 to the rex 5 system. I've been doing lots of reading on the reflex system, but now I have seem to read to much and a bit confused on the whole system, I hear different things from different people as well sometimes. So to clarify.. so I don't hurt myself during my test roll. Shooting with the RX lenses, are the designed so I don't have to open up 2/3 to compensate for the light loss for the viewfinder? So do I read from the 1/65 (133 degrees angle) shutter speed reading with these lenses instead of 1/80 (108 angle) (to compensate)? Also in single frame exposures, the shutter speed is 1/30 technically (288 angle), but read from 1/40 (216 angle) to compensate right? Then I have the variable shutter to expose for, I know the 1/2 and 1 represent how much it stops down, and I know it messes with the shutter angle in order to stop down to these exposures, but what are the exact shutter angles of these two positions ( 1/2 and 1)? I could just measure from the 1/80th degree reading and compensate for the stop down, but II'm just curious to know the actual shutter during these stop downs. Please refer to me to external links if that helps, I just can't seem to know which ones to trust myself because some say different from another, don't know where else to go.. Thank you!