Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Ray, You are right. If I remember well, Gerard Bouillot or Michel de Ferrieres discussed this question in Phot'Argus when the M6 was released. You can test it easily with a flashlight on different spots of the frame and look at the f/number you get for a given speed. All the best, - --- Jean-Claude Berger (jcberger@jcberger.com) Systems and RDBMS consultant (MCSE) Lyon, France http://www.jcberger.com - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Moth" <ray_moth@yahoo.com> > Dear All, > > I am confused by Leica's statement, in my M6 TTL manual, that the > diameter of the selective metering area is 2/3 the length of the short > side of the frame. Since the white spot on the first curtain is 12mm > diameter and the short side of the frame is 24mm, how can it be 2/3? > Seems more like 1/2 to me. Am I right or am I just dumb? (Leica also > says the selective area is 13% of the frame area, with which I agree). > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html