Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/27
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Having nothing better to do, while recuperating from the flu,
I gathered up 26 Leica's with meters & just meters alone to test.
I used a 18% gray card with the cameras & incident light with
the hand meters.
The M6, R7 & Canon A1 were all in exact agreement with the
Lunasix, so I used their readings as a control as they are used by
my wife or myself and known to give the proper exposure most of
the time. They read different areas but since I was using the gray
card - it didnt matter. No M5 or R8s were used.*
15 of the other 20 were + or - 1/2 stop and the MR4, Norwood
and Westons varied from meter to meter about + or - one stop.
Of the selenium cell meters, only the Weston, Norwood & MCs
were still active. As I had more than one of some items, if they
were in accord - I counted them as only one.
*I didn't have a R8 to test but from what I hear on the LUG the meter
is one of the best features of the R8. My wife likes the "R" Leicas
but she says the R8 just doesnt FEEL RIGHT in her hands.
As she also picked me for a husband, she obviously must have poor
taste in Leicas & men.
Marvin Moss