Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/30

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Subject: [Leica] Comparing B&W M9/MM
From: richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 17:40:56 -0800
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Oh, i know how the f*ker behaves, but then i wish there is a quick +1 stop
lever or something. Yes, i do put it on manual at times, but it really
shouldn't be that complicated :-)
On Jan 30, 2014 5:28 PM, "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote:

> Or more precisely, the Leica large spot meter is a dumb, simple system that
> does exactly what a dumb system does, accurately and predictably. What you
> told it, not what you meant!  No training wheels ;-) ;-)
> When you get the wrong result (as I do regularly) the error is not inside
> the camera ;-) ;-) ;-)
>
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>
>
> On 31 January 2014 10:06, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> 
> wrote:
>
> > The Leica large spot metering can be full badly shooting in the street
> with
> > heavy light and shadow. Digital and LR/PSD can really help here.
> >
> > B&W film: expose for the shadow, develop for the highlight
> > Color slide: expose for the highlight, pray for the shadow
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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