Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Aram Langhans writes: > Hey, what about the skill of the photographer? The importance of that depends on the camera. For a Leica M6, it is moderately important, since the indicated exposure must be compensated for sometimes. It can't be too hard, though, since I learned to do it very quickly. > The real test of the meter would be to give > an R8, F5 or whatever to a complete novice. I don't know about the R8, but the F5 in full auto will give even a novice perfect focus and exposure on 99 out of 100 photos at least. It'll even do that with flash. > Set it on one of the automatic modes and tell > them to shoot a few rolls of film at anything > and everything forgetting what their grandfather > told them about the sun at their back. Then > see how the meter performs. I do that with an F5 all the time, and it performs flawlessly.