Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Amendment to that. Yes works when lens detection OFF. 2009/10/26 Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> > Yes, both with M9 and M8. And yes, apparently derived from the brightness > sensor which was C1's method too. Nevertheless accurate to 0.5 ~ 1.5 stop > here in the sample (100 files) I checked today. Those are from a couple of > days where I can confidently recall actual aperture used. Don't know on > lens > detection parameter yet. That's a good question! Can someone with a > camera confirm if any manual lens detection can be made independant of > selector lever (frame line) position? > > > > 2009/10/26 Robert Rose <robert.rose at mac.com> > > I noticed that in Lightroom 3 Beta, that M9 files (which I downloaded) are >> reporting an f/stop in EXIF data. They all seem to be half stops, e.g., >> 2.5, 4.5, etc. I thought I had read that the M8 calculated an estimated >> f/stop for flash use, using the light measured by the small sensor near >> the >> red dot. It was judged to be too variable to be reported, however. >> >> Has this changed for the M9? Does it only work when lens detection is on >> or the lens type is set manually? For those of you with M9's, how >> accurate >> is it? >> >> An interesting bit of data, but I had learned to live without it. >> >> Regards, >> Bob Rose >> www.robertrose.net >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Cheers > Geoff > The new LEICA M9 > Passion for perfect pictures. > http://www.m.leica-camera.com > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > -- Cheers Geoff The new LEICA M9 Passion for perfect pictures. http://www.m.leica-camera.com http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman