[Leica] Wide Angle Metering

[Buzz Hausner <Buzz@marianmanor.org>]

Let's face it, almost any in-camera metering for a shot with a 21 or wider
lens, especially outdoors, is a useless endeavour.  You either use a spot
meter for the area you want to be whatever-percent-gray (or spot-on for you
who shoot transparencies...and you know who you are) or you make your best
educated guess based on thousands of rolls of film.

	Buzz Hausner

- -----Original Message-----
From: B. D. Colen [mailto:bdcolen@earthlink.net]
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 5:39 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Touching a Konica Hexar RF


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
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