Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/04

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Subject: RE: [Leica] lower classes don't use leicas?
From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 09:57:08 -0400
 
> > Anything automatic (Exposure or focusing) is only
> > reliable to a certain extent. AF and AE can be
> > fooled.
>
> Yes, but I find that AF and AE on a good camera are accurate at
> least 99% of the
> time, and it is difficult to match that accuracy with any manual camera.

The meter used for AE is the EXACT same meter you are using to take your
light reading when you manually set the exposure.  AF is a different story.