Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The M6 metering is TTL. (The meter relies on the white spot painted on the first shutter blind) When you change lens, you will also change the angle that is metered, i.e. a 135 mm lens will meter a smaller area than a shorter focal length. The metering field covers approximately 23% of the viewfinder field corresponding to the lens being used. There are good illustrations of all this in the M6 instructions booklet. The frames lever will not affect metering at all. OTH, users of the MR meters (for older M-bodies) will push the frames lever to 90 mm as they meter, as this finder frame corresponds to what the MR meter will be reading. But the actual reading is of course not affected by the lever. /Hans >Tom Shea's post compelled me to finally post this to the group. This is >something I've been wondering: How is the M6 meter supposed to detect >the difference in frames? I've tried to get the meter to give off a >different reading by switching the frames lever (as if trying to use it >as a spot meter) but it doesn't seem to affect the reading at all. >Furthermore, frames for 28/90, 35/135, and 50/75 show up at the same >time...so how is the meter supposed to "know" which lens is in use? > >I'm thinking it's just one meter all the time, regardless of what >position the frames are in. > >Cary Conover >Monroe, Michigan >