[Leica] About the Noctilux

[pklein at 2alpha.net (Peter Klein)]

Feli:  Right you are on that.  The problem with the built-in meter is that 
you have to learn to ignore it in high-contrast situations.  I used  to 
keep a little Minolta Spot Meter M in my bag and use it to "scope out" the 
territory.  Then put it away and shoot.  An incident meter in similar light 
to the desired subject's is just as useful most of the time.

Post 9/11, I've been afraid to carry the spot meter with me on airplanes, 
and even to use it much in public.  It is of the pistol-grip variety, and 
I'm afraid that some idiot will mistake it for a gun.  Am I being paranoid?

--Peter

At 12:16 PM 3/25/2006 -0800, Feli wrote:
>  what has been even more useful is something
>learned with experience, and that is to not always rely on the built
>in M meter, when shooting in the near dark.
>
>The problem is that the meter will try to raise the overall darkness
>of the scene to 18% (medium) gray, adding either considerably to the 
>exposure time
>or asking for a aperture smaller than f1.4