Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 18:26 +0100 02-11-1997, ChipZHZ wrote: >In a message dated 97-11-02 12:19:51 EST, you write: > ><< - automatic compensation for exposure accuracy in P and T modes on the R8. > >> >Could you please explain this a bit? >thanks, >chip Brian Bower in his book "Leica reflex photography" (new edition 1997) puts it in this way: "At this stage the contact strip provides information for dedicated flash guns and also to enable more precise stopping down of lenses when the camera is in automatic shutter speed priority or programme operating modes." The manual of my R8 confirms this (on page 7 of the Dutch language version): "Not only a mechanical but also an electronic exposure control takes place when using lenses with contact strip, and certain lens data such as the lens' focal length, are passed on to the camera." The contact strips provides for an additional (electronic) control, e.g. compensation for light-fall off in the corners. I remember an E-mail message from Erwin Puts on this list a couple of months ago, in response to the same question I put on the list. The thing is, the actual use and potential future of the contact strip remains somewhat in the dark. Even Leica Solms will apparently not comment much on the matter. Greetings, Pascal