Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Did the old F3 have a spot meter? If not, it probably used only light to the viewfinder for metering. Bud Cook - -----Original Message----- From: Stanley E Yoder <syoder+@andrew.cmu.edu> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Tuesday, January 13, 1998 9:03 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Polarizing Filter w/M6 >Excerpts from mail: 12-Jan-98 [Leica] Leica-Users List Di.. by >Listmgr@mejac.palo-alto. >> For Leicas, it's the fact that a portion of the incoming light is directed >> through a partially silvered mirror (the SLR mirror), for exposure >> determination. The partially silvered mirror (beam splitter) acts as a >> polarizer and will give incorrect exposure readings with a linear polarizer. > >Well, I dunno about Leica Rs, but I talked with - gasp! - Nikon about my >old F3, which also uses a part-silvered mirror spot in the metering >system. They assured me that linear polas were fine; and indeed, I seem >to have no trouble using one. So, are there other factors present that >mandate circulars for some cameras but not for others? > >Sorry for injecting the N-word here. I do like my IIIf more. Honest. >Stan Yoder >Pittsburgh >