Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's a terrific photo - but please someone explain this to me...you point the camera at the scene - the meter is designed to read mostly the center 1/3rd of the image - in fact the meter is described as being essentially a large spot meter....so Tina point the camera, the center third of the image is bright light outdoors...and yet the resulting exposure contains not a whit of detail in the grossly overexposed center third while the surrounding two thirds, which are virtually in the dark, are properly exposed...as one would want this image exposed. I have to admit that I don't understand how it was possible to obtain this exposure without making manual adjustments. B. D. And, once again, I'm not disputing the fact that it's a gorgeous shot, ideally exposed.;-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Ted Grant Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 5:24 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] M7 Photo Tina showed: >>>> I left the link out the first time: > > http://www.leica-gallery.net/tinamanley/folder-3066.html,<<<<< Hi Tina, A fine picture indeed and glad you reposted so we could see it. Once again the M7 is making it's mark at allowing photographers to capture the moment without any fiddling. What I'm finding with the M7 is these kinds of quick... "grab type" moments are much easier to capture due to not having to fiddle with aperture or shutter speeds. What seems to be happening is we're getting Leica glass images much easier than we did with the M6. Certainly for me. And even though I could spin the aperture ring quickly staying with the same shutter speed and as fleeting as it was, it was time consuming. It did allow some moments to be lost. But the M7 is to eye - focus - shoot all at the same time. And not only that, it's correct expsure time after time. It's worth every penny I paid for it. Well OK "every dollar!" ;-) ted Ted Grant Photography Limited www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant - -- 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