Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Lee, the problem is in the camera software, Canon DSLR cameras correct the exposure when using EF and EF-S lenses according to focal length (I think) and aperture (pretty certain). Of course this doesn't work with Leica lenses. Douglas Yan Zhan Lee wrote: > Dear Luggers, > > I've been metering on my 20D and Leica R lens(using Aperture Priority) > on all modes: Evaluative, Partial, Centerweighted Averaging with mix > results. Most of the time, regardless of mode, I have to do some > manual adjustments, otherwise, the pictures appear dark. Is it > possible that with Leica lens, since the AF points are not active, the > metering mode is not working optimally. My research suggest I use > Partial which is like semi-spot with center 9% being metered. But > sometime it doesn't really read the light correctly. Whats the "best" > mode to use? > Pls share your experience here. > > Many Thanks > Lee > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >