Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The figures you give sound off the wall, unless you have transposed the numbers, and meant to say 1/8 to 1/10 at f 5.6 and 1/250 at f2. If the latter, then the Leica would appear to be underexposing by one stop. I found that to be exactly the case when comparing my M6 TTL to my FM2 and FE2, the latter two cameras agreeing with each other so exactly that it was frightening. Then, someone pointed out to me that the Nikons are center weighted and the Leica uses a broad spot. So, I next compared the Leica to one of the Nikons aiming at a uniformly illuminated wall and close enough to the wall that it covered the entire field. In this test, the Leica agreed with the Nikon. I hope this is what you are running into. Herb I bought a second a second hand M6 (non TTL) last week and had my first >shot >tonight. However, I found the exposure meter is so strange, it gave EV >lower than the EV given by Nikon FM2 or F70D, for example, > >FM2 / F70D (ISO 100 film) >Shutter Speed: 1/8 - 1/10 >Aperture Value: f2 >EV: ~5 > >M6 (ISO 100 film) >Shutter Speed: 1/250 >Aperture Value: f5.6 >EV: 13 - -- Herbert Kanner kanner@acm.org 650-326-8204