Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Saturday, June 1, 2002, at 08:53 PM, Ted Grant wrote: > Hi Gilbert, > When I shoot transparency film I always use the empty square mode.. > That's > the one to the far right setting. That's what I was hoping you'd say. When I first got the R8 I was sometimes disappointed in the metering, but I never used that setting. Now I've realized that it makes the R8 work exactly like my M7s (formerly M6s) > I'll go look it up as I don't relate to the names, just the symbols and > what > I believe they do. ;-). ;-) Damn I'm awful when it comes to all this > names > and number stuff. :-) Me too. I had to look it up to ask the question ;) > Yes it's the Integral reading. On occasion I'll use the spot reading if > it's > necessary. I suppose more for an effect of lighting and drama where the > hot > spot area is the key element of the picture and all else falls into > where > they may. I'm glad to know that I've been doing it right. Gee, the pictures don't look so bad:) I'll be shooting lots of transparency film next weekend at the F1 race in your wonderful nation and I'm really excited about my new (to me) APO 280/2.8 and the APO 2x. Gilbert - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html