Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] sunny 16 rule
From: "Stuart Phillips" <stuart.phillips@rcn.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 00:25:49 -0500
References: <NABBLIJOIFAICKBIEPJJOEMNCJAB.darkroom@ix.netcom.com>

Austin,
Sorry to correct you, but it is well known that the meters in Soviet cameras
are calibrated in the Ukraine using the Sunny 16 rule. (This explains why
they are inaccurate in most of the rest of the known world. )


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From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 11:13 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] sunny 16 rule


> Tom,
>
> > ...the Sunny 16 rule.
> > This rule is also how light meters are calibrated and can be used
> > to double-check your meter for
> > accuracy.
>
> Er, huh?  Where did you get that information from?  I am HIGHLY skeptical
> that anyone, much less a manufacturer, "calibrates" their meters by going
> outside and using the "sunny 16 rule".
>
> I certainly don't want my meter calibrated to someone's "sunny 16" rule,
> where the exposure could be off as much as +- 1 stop, depending on where
> they are, and how good their judgment is!
>
> Austin
>
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