Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 16:27 +0000 13-07-1997, Elliot M. Puritz, MD wrote: > >Pascal: I recently received my new R8...some questions about the >metering. In the situations that you cite, would the spot or central >weighting feature of the R8 meter system have solved the question of >under and over exposure that you noted? > >Elliot Yes, it surely would have been "better" if I had carefully measured light with the spotmeter. But then of course, you have to be more expert, and you can not use the camera as an elaborate P&S camera. I am not so sure it would have been different with center-weighted metering, because the main topics were off-centered. The dark background would have occupied too much of the picture anyway, I think. But as a general rule, Ted is right: - - if you want slightly "lighter" pictures, use matrix-metering - - if you want more saturated pictures, use center-weighted and I would like to add to this: - - if you want to be expert, use spot metering (but then again, why did we buy that R8 for anyway?). Greetings, Pascal - ------------------------------------------ This message was created and sent on a Macintosh PowerBook - ------------------------------------------