Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/11/19

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Subject: Re: Leitz M6 vs. Leica M6
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@spherenet.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 02:30:58 -0400

At 10:24 PM 19/11/96 -0700, Ben wrote:

>I'm not suggesting that this is the lower limit of the M6 meter. In my
>manual it gives the sensitivity of exposure range as: 0.125 cd/M sqd. to
>125,000 cd/M sqd. @ f1. The working range is given as: at ISO 100, EV 0 to
>EV 20 (i.e. 1s @ f1 to 1/1000s @f32). Compare this to the info shipped with
>your Wetzlar M6. Is it different? I am not sure as to the actual difference
>in the meter's sensitivity. I'm regurgitating what the salesman told me. 

Just dug out my original manual.  The metering range is from 0.125 to
125,000  blah blah blah.  Sound identical to yours.  It appears as if the
only difference between the metering systems is the blinking LEDs under
insufficient light conditions.   Thanks for the info; I'm no longer going to
loose sleep over what I thought was my obsolete M6 meter!  (only kidding,
well, partly)

Dan C.