Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]metering pattern is different for each focal length the M7 manual has pattern illustrations. ric On Oct 24, 2009, at 10:48 PM, Robert D. Baron wrote: > I've been trying to decide what and why is going on here. The 28mm > Summicron, when used on my M8 set on automatic, is slightly > overexposing the "frame". > > See http://www.bobbaron.com/28CronOct09/index.html . > > The first frame is out of the camera at ISO 320, -1/3 EV (stop) > exposure. It is washed out. The second frame is the same image > adjusted down another half stop in Lightroom and is a lot closer to > what a correct exposure should be. > > Do wider lenses throw the metering off somehow? > > I can take some of the pain out of this obviously by setting the > camera to expose at -2/3 rather than -1/3 when I use this lens, but > I'm just curious as to what is going on. > > The lens is pretty nice; the third frame is a 100% crop (also iso 320) > with a little more tweaking in Lightroom. > > --Bob > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information