Odp: [Leica] R:Retrofit lightmeter for M1-2-3-4?

["Krzysztof Szecowka" <szecowka@ch.wssk.wroc.pl>]

Since I bought M4, I tried to use either Gossen leightmeter or Leicameter
MC. I must say that beautiful M4 with Leicameter connected to it looks
awfull (like with cancer growth). So one day I decided to take my M4 pure
without any lightmeters, made a roll of film (colour negative) and you won't
belive it - all pictures were correctly exposed. Try to do it. Contemporary
films have a huge tolerance (not true in case of slides). Some months ago
there was a discussion about guesstimating the exposure - try to find it in
the archives.

Chris

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Od: guido ridoli <guirid@numerica.it>
Do: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Data: 24 listopada 1998 07:59
Temat: [Leica] R:Retrofit lightmeter for M1-2-3-4?


>Da: Mike Dembinski <mdembin@it.com.pl>
>|Is it possible for Leica to make a ton of money
>off of us by offering to
>|install light meters in our pre-M6 Ms? Since I
>bought my M6, my M3 and M4
>|do not get used (my tatty old M2 is sometimes
>pressed into service to carry
>|my equally tatty Super Angulon).
>|My M3 - mint minus - I'd hate to part with it,
>but right now, I just take
>|it out of the display cabinet once a month, wind
>on, release shutter at a
>|few speeds and replace. My M4 tends to get
>ignored somewhat.
>|Couldn't someone - anyone - come up with an
>ingenious way of installing
>|M6-type light meters into the older Ms? Even if
>it means sacrificing the
>|self timers and collectability value? (And hey?
>Why not LTM models??)
>|Mike
>
>HORROR HORROR
>:-) :-)
>
>the only way to install light meters in pre-M6 is
>to read some Ansel Adams books about incident
>metering.....
>Try incident metering you will wonder about
>results.
>And if you really can't use an external meter like
>Gossen or Sekonic
>why don't you use the Leicameter on your cameras?
>
>        Guido Ridoli
>LEICA M SUPERFAN
>  guirid@numerica.it
>
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