Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kenneth Epstein wrote: >I am a new Leica user, and I have been reading the Leica M Compendium by >Jonathan Eastland. In reference to the chapter on metering (7.1), he states >that by changing the frame preselector lever, the metering area is also >modified (i.e. switch to 135 mm and get a spot meter). Is this indeed how >the metering works, and if so how does the meter know the area to use >between the two frames which are selected for each setting? > >I might add, that when metering a scene with alternating light and dark >areas, changing the frame selector does not seem to alter the meter reading.>> G'day Ken, The metering effect doesn't change by moving the lens selector lever if that is the way it's written in the book, as that's just moving the viewfinder. You have to change the lens as you've learned: <<changing the frame selector does not seem to alter the meter reading.>> ted The lens must be changed Ted Grant This is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler. http://www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant