Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John- Considering how 'touchy' and unpredictable a Polar Bear can be... I'd be downwind zone focused somewhere near infinity, far enough that I could bracket like Hell! Thank goodness for Leica's quiet shutters! Dan :o)~ - -----Original Message----- From: John Poirier <MJ.Patterson@nt.sympatico.ca> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 10:13 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] AF, a FAD? Jeeze...It's not that hard... >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 >> >