Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tom - Call me ill-informed, but a centerweighted meter will be even less useful with wide lenses than the M6 BIG spot.... B. D. (And I am not trashing the Konica, which has me quite intriqued with it possibilities..) > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Thomas > Kachadurian > Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 1:25 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Touching a Konica Hexar RF > > > 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 > ------------------- > www.kachadurian.com >