Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/06

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Touching a Konica Hexar RF
From: Thomas Kachadurian <tom@kachadurian.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 20:24:57 -0500

BD:

The Konica has a center-weighted meter. You are describing the funky 
m-6 spot meter.

tom

>> > This is a wide angle camera in my view - no pun intended.
>>
>> Howard,
>>
>However...the wider the lens, the less useful the built-in metering and
>autoexposure functions will be. Even on an M6, you're more likely to have
>exposure problems - if you don't think about it and compensate - with a
>21-24-28- or even 35 - than you are with a 50-75 or 90....
>
>The Hexar looks like a neat camera, but if the frames are too small beyond
>50, metering may be an issue.
>
>B. D.

Thomas Kachadurian
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