Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] AF, a FAD? Jeeze...It's not that hard...
From: "John Poirier" <MJ.Patterson@nt.sympatico.ca>
Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 20:05:19 -0600

Actually, I think the true challenge for any TTL meter is a polar bear in a
snowstorm.

John Poirier
Yellowknife, NWT, Canada

- -----Original Message-----
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Monday, May 03, 1999 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] AF, a FAD? Jeeze...It's not that hard...


>Eric Welch wrote:
>snip
>> The F5 is a stupendously amazing meter. It will do perfect exposures in
>> more situations than any other camera I've ever seen.
>>
>> And it can't do backlight. Period.
>>
>> No camera can do backlight. Period.
>>
>> If the F5 can't, no camera can. That's my opinion. You come up with a
>> better, more accurate meter than the F5 and I will concede your point.
>snip
>If a camera could go spot why couldn't it do backlight?
>Mark Rabiner
>down spot!!!roll over!!!woof
>