Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/31

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Subject: Re: [Leica] spot AE (was M7 Metering)
From: Jesse Hellman <hellman@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 11:26:37 -0500
References: <3CA68D12.5000004@attinasi.org> <20020331144124.5715@smtp10.on.aibn.com> <3CA72D68.9050405@attinasi.org>

One of the weakest links in the M7 is that the exposure locked in is
held only for that one time, requiring remetering for each additional
shot except in (my opinion/experience) a small proportion of instances.
Recomposing the picture even slightly may result in a different exposure
when the subject is in the same light.

This could have been avoided with a button/switch which would have
allowed the metered exposure to be held as long as needed.

If the meter had been improved with the option of switching to matrix
would not that have been a worthwhile feature?

How might it have been done? How about making the entire curtain
reflective and either varying the reflectivity or different sections or
adding several sensors baffled to read only a part of the frame, or
both.

Opinions?

Jesse

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