Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]the most convincing argument to categorize the M6-7 as having a spot meter would be to have the 800mm telyt-s 6.3 and visoflex III in front of it. - -rei > From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> > Hi Olivier, > > I think there's a bit of misunderstanding in the way Steve used..."spot > meter." > > >>This is where the M6ttl spot meter lets me down because the spot meter is > > >reading the bright lights and the gray and shadows just disappear. So for > > >this kind of shot do you think I could sit there for :15 or :30 seconds > > >trying to figure out what I should be reading with the spot meter? > Probably > > >not.<<<< > > The M6, ttl or M7 do not have a "true spot meter" as we generally understand > spot meters. But what Steve has referred to is the center weighted reading > from the "white spot" inside the M 6 body on the shutter curtain. > > The meter reads the concentrated light on the "shutter white spot" rather > than an integrated reading covering the entire picture area. So in calling > the M6 a spot meter is really a description in-relation to the concentration > of light falling on that little white circle inside the camera. > > So if you are taking pictures where there are bright lights in the > background as in this scene, those lights will cause an under exposure due > to their concentration in the centre on the white spot of the shutter. > > I hope this answers your question, > ted > > Ted Grant Photography Limited > www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant - -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html