Re: [Leica] hey Jim, what do you think of M6 meter?

["John Hudson" <jahudson@direct.ca>]

- -----Original Message-----
From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@islandnet.com>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] hey Jim, what do you think of M6 meter?


>thibault collin wrote:
>>I'm new with the M6 and I'd like to know how to meter properly...
>>I'm just back from Kosovo where I brought two M bodies (M6 and M4) and two
>>summicrons (35 and 50).
>>Since I did not really know how to measure with the M6,>>>>>
>
>The M6 is a piece of cake for exposure it doesn't take a brain surgeon to
>make it work, however I'm sure there'll be umpteen dozen versions of how to
>do it that will only complicate and screw-up many of your exposures.
>
>Do this and it works...period!
>
>Point the camera at the subject, turn the apeture ring and or the shutter
>speed dial to make the little red light arrowheads to the same brightness,
>press shutter release.........PERFECT EXPOSURE! It can't get any simpler
>than that!

If the camera is pointed in another direction before the shutter is fired is
the aperture / shutter speed combination retained in memory or do you have
to take a new exposure reading?

jh