Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Since you asked for opinions... My opinion is that, having read - and admittedly contributed to - several years of whining and begging over what an M7 should or shouldn't include - it is rather foolish to start this nonsense all over again now that Leica has finally released an M7. It is what it is, and no amount of discussion is going to change what it is. So why waste time asking 'would it be better if...?' Either buy it, or don't. Stick with Leica, or don't. But that is just an opinion. Which is what you asked for. :-) B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jesse Hellman Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 11:27 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] spot AE (was M7 Metering) 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html