Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/07

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 exposure meter
From: Guy Bennett <gbennett@lainet.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 10:29:58 -0700

Dear Wenli Huang,


I don't think that this necessarily means that there is a problem, though
there are a few things I would check:

- - Make sure that the same film speed set on all three cameras.
- - Make sure to meter off the same part of the image in the same light.
- - Take an incident and reflected light reading with a handheld meter and
compare.

If you do all of those things and your M6 gives you a different reading
than the other meters, you should definitely have the M6 checked and
repaired by a professional.

Guy



>Dear Leica users,
>
>I bought a second a second hand M6 (non TTL) last week and had my first shot
>tonight.  However, I found the exposure meter is so strange, it   gave EV
>lower than the EV given by Nikon FM2 or F70D, for example,
>
>FM2 / F70D (ISO 100 film)
>Shutter Speed: 1/8 - 1/10
>Aperture Value: f2
>EV: ~5
>
>M6 (ISO 100 film)
>Shutter Speed: 1/250
>Aperture Value: f5.6
>EV: 13
>
>Does it mean that my M6 has problem?  I am new to M6 and RF camera, please
>kindly help me...
>
>Many thanks.
>
>Best Regards,
>Wenli Huang