Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/11/22

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Subject: Re: Why intermediate shutter speeds?
From: dlevy@worldy.com
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 21:20:08 -0500

One way to solve this problem. Pull the battery and use a hand held meter.

At 12:33 PM 11/22/96 -0700, you wrote:
>After following the intermediate shutter speed thread with interest I find
>myself wondering why I should bother. Adjusting the aperture ring seems a
>far more satisfactory solution. I don't shoot a lot of transparencies and
>so I don't fret over third stop differences in exposure, but if I did (or
>when I do) I think that adjustment of the aperture ring would be the best
>way to fine tune exposure on the M6. The advantage is that the meter will
>still work while making the adjustment, so you can dial in the exact
>exposure. Choosing an intermediate shutter speed is guesswork and,
>possibly, detrimental to the camera. Perhaps others disagree, but the
>change in depth of field required to shift exposure in 1/3 stop increments
>should be minimal and irrelevant.
>
>-Charlie
>
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>              Charles E. Dunlap
>         Earth Sciences Deptartment
>          University of California
>            Santa Cruz, CA 95064
>Tel.: (408) 459-5228    Fax.: (408) 459-3074
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Brian Levy, J.D.
Agincourt Ont.
dlevy@worldy.com