Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/16

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Subject: [Leica] Re: M3 metering survey
From: Ken Wilcox <wilcox@tir.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 17:08:57 -0500

Yes. You will have to interpolate speeds between shown values, but this
matters little.

Ken Wilcox

>Can anyone tell me if the MR-4 meter can be used with a M3 with old-style
>(non-geometric) shutter speeds. I am interested in knowing how many M3 users
>out there prefer to use this body with a handheld meter as opposed to the
>MR-4. Although neither solution is as fast as an M6, I find the MR-4 meter
>slows me down.
>
>Recently, there has been a several postings regarding inherent benefits of
>judging a scenes exposure by eye rather than a meter. While I believe this can
>work well for wide latitude films, I question whether the same can be done for
>more critical transparency films like Kodachrome 25 (without lots of
>bracketing).
>
>Steve Brauner


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