Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/03/05

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Subject: Re: Q about light meter in M6
From: Lucien <100774.527@CompuServe.COM>
Date: 05 Mar 97 12:01:53 EST

Martin Omlin wrote:

>When using let's say a 35 mm lens the measuring area of the M6 
>is already quite large and you get more a kind of integral measure
>than a precise spot metering.

>In J. Estlands book "Leica M compendium" he explains on p.130-132 that
>changing the frame of the M6 with the preselector lever has an influence
>on the actual size of the measuring area of the light meter. This means
>that I get a smaller measurment area when I change the frame to 135 mm 
>still using a 35 mm lens. 

<This sounds too great for me but I can't believe it because I think
<the focal length of the lens determines the actual measurment area 
<of the light meter and by switching the frame doesn't change the 
<size of the light meter area.

And you are right in both assertion, the M6 don't offer a spot meter, and there
is no way to change the measuring aera.




Lucien