Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/22

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Subject: [Leica] M6 metering? Good for nothing!
From: thibault collin <tc-lnc@u-picardie.fr>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 12:19:04 +0200

Hello Tom and Tony,

If you do not trust you M6 metering, why don't you go back to the M4? or M4-P?
At least, you would not be bothered with the metering indications in the
viewfinder!
That's the reason why I loved the Nikon F! You could use the camera without
turning the metering system on, keep it off and do you metering! With most
of the other cameras, either the film advance lever or the shutter realease
button will turn the metering on and drain you attention, even if you don't
want it!
Basically, you are both saying that the M6 metering is useless or at least
not worth to be used.
However, I would like to know how you are measuring light with your handheld
exposure meters. I understand that incident metering is great and that's
what I'm doing when I shoot (!) people or indoor. But, how do you proceed to
shoot, say, landscapes?
Thanks and great exposures!
Thib.





At 20:10 21/04/1998 -0400, you wrote:
>Tony:
>
>I might leave home without my American Express card, but when I'm shooting
>color slide film, I always have either my Minolta IVf or a Sekonic 308IIb.
>
>Tom
>
>At 12:25 AM 4/21/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>Hello LUGGER,
>>
>>Recently I have been carrying my Minolta IVF meter in my jacket (still
>>chilly here in Canada).  I think I don't trust M6 metering anymore.  I got
>>more accurate exposure slides w/o M6 meter.  I was wondering how many of
>>you carry another meter when you use M6?
>>
>>Regards,
>>Tony Chang
>>
>>
>>
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