Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Ted, Please excuse a dumb question but.... If the matrix metering with slide film is as consistently "hot" as this discussion seems to indicate, why not just reset the E.I. to whatever gives the results you want. (I am R impaired, my SLR stuff is Nikon). Ken - ---------- > From: ted grant <75501.3002@compuserve.com> > To: INTERNET:leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Kodachome 64 on the R8 > Date: Tuesday, November 25, 1997 7:36 PM > > Pete wrote: > > <<<Is there a slight biasing of exposure in the matrix mode towards over > exposure on the R8? I kind of get this feeling from shooting my own R8, but > am looking for some expanded insight.>>>>>> > > Pete, > > My experience has been right from the start of using the camera a year ago > that if I went on matrix metering I got transparencies that were on the hot > side for my liking. > > So about 99% of the time with slide film I shoot with Intregal metering > (centre weighted). But if I'm working neg film , col. or B&W I found > shooting with the Matrix is better. > > Last thing. If I'm in doubt I switch back and forth between the two > metering modes and check what the exposure is for both. Then I either shoot > one using both systems or I know the intregal is going to be OK. But ither > way I haven't lost any frames by just letting the meter do it's own thing. > > I think whether you use matrix or intregal, comes down to a personal > prefernce of how you like your transparencies to look. > > ted