Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yep - that´s the way the old one operates - and the meter does not know if the insufficient level of light reaching the cell is caused by a small aperture or lens cap being in place or truly low light level outside the camera. But the meter recognises too low light levels and it is enough... ;-) All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen - -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: shino@ubspainewebber.com <shino@ubspainewebber.com> Vastaanottaja: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Päivä: 14. kesäkuuta 2001 19:31 Aihe: Re: [Leica] Early M6 query >> >> I have a Wetzlar M6. It originally came with metering lights which did not >> indicate when the light was insufficient to take a picture under any >> combination of speed and f-stops. Around 1988, this was changed so that, >> under these circumstances, the metering lights in the VF blink. Leica has >> been replacing the older metering system with the newer ones whenever an >> early M6 passes through their hands, so this may have already been done on >> this camera. >> >> Marc >> >> msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 >> Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir! >> > >i bet i'm just not reading this quite right. > >how can the m6 tell if light is insufficient for "any combination of >f-stops and shutter speeds?" i was under the impression >that the m6 doesn't "know" what aperture you are setting, that there is >no mechanical transmission of aperture setting to the body, and that the >manner in which the meter reacts to the aperture is that the aperture actually >opens and closes and thus increases and reduces the light shining onto the >white disk on the shutter curtain. the set shutter speeds, of course, needs >to be an input into the meter. > >therefore, i don't think the m6 can distinguish between 1) the aperture >closed up to f16, and 2) the light levels being very low. > >i say this because i have an m6 in which if my aperture is set much too small >neither LED lights up, and as i progressively open the aperture, first >the left LED then both illuminate. (i guess this is the "old" m6, i never >knew about the blinking m6's.) therefore, the fact that neither LED >illuminates does not necessarily signify that no combination of shutter and >aperture will yield a proper exposure. > >-rei >