[Leica] M6 exposure meter problem

[Sonny Carter]

Are you certain it is an M6?  They don't have an auto shutter.

from my iPad

Sonny Carter

> On Nov 13, 2015, at 4:30 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote:
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> How does the film look up to the light? 
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> John - who never uses AUTO
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Earlier today I scanned a 36 exposure roll of 400 TMY. Every frame was shot with the exposure meter on AUTO as recommended by one of our colleagues. Every frame was overexposed. 
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> I bought the M6/0.85 at the end of its production when dealers offered a factory authorized rebate of $500 or thereabouts. I don’t remember the year; the S/N on the hot shoe is 2433148.
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> I am thinking of determining the M6 meter’s measurement error by the following procedure:
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> 1.  read the exposure setting of my M8 on AUTO of a frame filling exposure of my venerable Kodak Gray Card at f/8 and ISO 160.
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> 2.  read the exposure setting of my M6 that would supposedly result in a correct exposure of the same card at f/8 and ISO 160. 
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> 3. Calculate the exposure compensation setting or an equivalent increase in the ISO setting for the M6.
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> I will be grateful for corrections or recommendations.
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> Oliver
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> PS FWIW the “restore colors” setting in VueScan gave an approximately correct rendering of the image; the “restore fading” setting was too dark. Checking neither showed overexposure. I will be glad to email samples to interested parties.
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