Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Whether to buy a seperate meter?
From: "claire" <clairetm@singnet.com.sg>
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 00:35:43 +0800

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From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Sunday, September 05, 1999 2:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Whether to buy a seperate meter?


>At 12:23 AM 9/5/99 +0800, you wrote:
>>What I would do, is to take a spot reading of that brilliant white hull
and
>>press the little "Hi - Light" button on the top of my OM-4Ti
>
>That doesn't give you the flexibility of thinking. :-) Experience with a
>modicum of technology leaves you in control to a greater extent than
>pushing a button cure-all for any situation you might encounter.
>
>Eric Welch
>St. Joseph, MO
>
Dear Eric,
Have U used an OM-4 or Ti before ? U might just be surprised at the level of
sophistication (and/or convenience) its multi spotmetering facility  has to
offer with regards to the actual  process of 'making' the picture.
:-)
TMLee