Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- ----- Original Message ----- From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 10:46 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] M7 Exposure > > And you can't seriously be suggesting that "the best way to find out > what will actually happen is to buy an M7 (for $2400) and > forget about this nonsense!" - Perhaps discovering after you've paid > $1000 more than you'd pay these days for a mint m6TTL that the metering > system won't handle high contrast situations as well as you hoped. Duh! > How does any meter handle high contrast situations without input from the phtographer? Is the meter in the M7 that much different than any other in-camera meter? (Excluding Nikon F5s, and evaluatinve metering patterns, I guess.) My M7 gives the same reading off a grey card as does my hand held spot meter or my incident meter. (Unlike my EOS-1V spot meter that wants to read 1/2 stop under-exposure.) After that, isn't it up to the photographer? Having said that, I will add that my recent experiance with the M7 was great. At least the expsosures were consistent. My church hosts an annual Messiah Sing-In (the community is invited to come and sing the Messiah as a group) and I was asked to take available light photos. Last year I ran around with an M6-TTL, M2 and a light meter. This year I used an M7 on auto along with my slr for telephoto shots. This year's expsoures were more consistent. I used color print film both years. My two cents. - -Doug - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html