Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Okay, I figured out what I was doing wrong, after finding the manual. I was trying the below with a 3-cam lens, and you aren't supposed to play with the dof button while metering. I then tried metering with a Visoflex lens on the SL2, and everything behaves as expected. regards Vick > -----Original Message----- > From: Vick Ko [mailto:vick.ko@sympatico.ca] > Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 6:57 PM > To: 'Leica-Users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' > Subject: Odd behaviour on stopdown metering on an SL2 > > I've detected odd behaviour on stopdown metering on an SL2. > > I focus fully open and align the meter needle to the follower. > > Then I press the iris stopdown. As expected, the light in the > viewfinder dims, but the meter needle moves out of the follower. > > So my question is, why does the meter needle move? > > Yes, the image gets dimmer, but the lens cams should have gotten the > meter needle to be at the correct place, relative to the follower. > > Am I doing something wrong? > > regards > Vick