Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 Meter Area
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 08:32:01 -0800

At 09:00 AM 3/29/98 -0600, you wrote:
>At 10:38 PM 3/27/98 -0800, you wrote:
>
>>knowing the exact parameters. No matter what, when looking through the
>>finder, it's all guesstimating anyway. Mental interpolation that cannot be
>>precise. So do these percentages actually mean something to somebody?
>
>Theoretically, that might be the case, but knowing the approximate area it
>covers helps you figure where to place it to get the right reading. In
>practice (if not in theory) I am quite impressed with how the M6 meter
>works. Quite accurate (when experience on the photographer's part is
adequate).
>==========
>
>Eric Welch

Don't the above two paragraphs say exactly the same thing?

Jim