Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: Deborah Dion <dkdion@home.com> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 1999 15:09 Subject: [Leica] Consistent Underexposure with M > I got my M6 about 9 months ago. One of the first things > I noticed was that the exposure was almost always perfect. > Maybe one or two shots per 36 exp roll that was slightly > off. So I'd check the accuracy of the meter as advised > on the list. I bought a spot meter today and I have checked all my cameras. I aimed against a gray card (the one that Leica kindly provides--I can't find my Kodak gray cards), full frame, with ISO = 100 and shutter speed set to 1 second: - - Leica M6 TTL . . . . . . . . . . . . = f/11 - - Spot meter (Minolta Spotmeter F) . . = f/12 (f/11+1/10 stop) - - Nikon FG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = f/9 (!) - - Nikon F5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = f/13 The Leica doesn't indicate intermediate stops, so I suspect it actually agreed completely with the spot meter. The Nikon FG is too far away to be correct. I don't know where it got that reading! The Nikon F5 looks like it may be right on the money, also, particularly since the spot meter hesitated between f/12 and f/13. It gave exactly the same reading in all meter modes (matrix, spot, center-weighted). Since three of the cameras agree to within not more than 1/10 stop, including the Leica, hopefully this excludes any meter weirdness on my Leica. It must be me. Maybe I should stop trying to second guess the meter and just shoot by following its recommendations directly (?). -- Anthony