Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]How can a R8 be calibrated - it does not have the white spot? ;-) I´m quite certain that the M6 has some resistors in its circuits, too. All the best! Raimo photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen - -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: LEICAMAN56@aol.com <LEICAMAN56@aol.com> Vastaanottaja: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Päivä: 25. elokuuta 2000 7:25 Aihe: [Leica] M6 White Metering Spot >Please take a look at the white metering dot on your M6's shutter curtain. >If you look very closely, you will notice that the white spot is not entirely >white. This is because the white spot is calibrated at the factory for the >proper reflectance value by removing a bit of the white from it. This will >give a mottled appearance to the spot itself. Each spot is therefore >individual and different. >Also note that the TTL has two different meter cells. The ambient light >meter cell is at the upper left as you look into the lens mount. The TTL >flash meter cell is on the lower right and reads off the film surface for >proper flash metering. > >Bill Rosauer >