Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think we're missing something in this whole issue surrounding Ted and the M7. I've got two of them, and generally the camera works as Ted says it does, and it's only rarely that I use the exposure lock; when I dd need it, it works, almost without thinking. But, I have been fooled and had some shots that weren't right. I'll take Ted at his word that this hasn't happened to him, but and this is a much bigger BUT, the reason that Ted is able to get perfectly exposed shots every time with the M7 and without conscious thought, is that Ted is a master of reading the light in the first place, and that means before the camera is up to his eye. Check the archives, Ted thinks first about LIGHT. When I look at my less perfect M7 exposures, it's always that I took the wrong shot, not that the camera got it wrong, and not even that I should have thought to compensate and lock the exposure. It seems to always be that I started with crappy light. Gilbert On Friday, July 26, 2002, at 04:22 PM, Magnessbill@aol.com wrote: > <snip> > Of course I wasn't recommending go out and try to fool the meter, but > that as you and I know there are situations that will fool the meter > and we must recognize them and adapt. > Thanks so much for clarifing this, I'm sure you had some LUGers > convinced that if they had an M7 they would never experience a bad > exposure again. > As good as the camera is, it still takes a knowledgeable person to > fully realize it's potential. > Thanks again, > Bill asmp > > -- > 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