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 08:36:47 -0800

At 10:48 AM 3/29/98 -0500, you wrote:
><< 
>
>Jim, if the illumination of the scene is fairly even it does not matter.
>However, there are many times when the areas of the scence vary substantially
>in brightness.  The classic case is a person standing in front of a bright
>background such as a sky.  If you do not know the area that the meter is
>looking at, the meter can be fooled by the bright background and the photo
>will be underposed.
>
>Knowing the metering area is pretty important for ensuring correct exposures
>in tricky situations.
>
>Tom Shea
>

I think I said all of that. I know how to meter, and how the meter works.
I'm just wondering about all of the precise percentages and exacting
definitions. To me it's meaningless. As I said before, human fuzzy logic
works great.

Jim