Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tom, Good to hear this. Are there any further specs. you can share with us? Sensitivity seems to be as good as the M6, EV1. It's not quite as small as the 1954 (selenium) 'Leica-Meter 2' I have (33mm x 33mm x 23mm) but it will have much better sensitivity, accuracy and presumably longevity! Are the two dials interlocked so that they relate to each other? I.e. 1/500 @ f5.6 can be adjusted to 1/60 @ f2? I notice that the pointers align themselves with numbers that have to be read vertically, I'm sure this would not be difficult after getting used to it. best regards, Jem - -----Original Message----- From: TTAbrahams@aol.com [SMTP:TTAbrahams@aol.com] Jem, I haven't gotten the VC meter yet, it is in the mail from Nagano as we speak. I did see the prototype when I was in Tokyo in September and it is 'very cute." It uses the same circuit as the Bessa-L camera and has the acceptance angle of the 90mm lens (same as the MR meter). I have no idea what the cost will be, probably around US$ 175-200. Mine is a black one and it will go on my black 3F RD. It is about 1/2 size from the MR-Meter. Mr Kobayashi also showed me the twin bracket for the meter and finder and we played with several of these and in the end it looked like a Lego set for Leicas! You could conceivably put a finder, a meter and a rangefinder on one of these. Tom A