Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Auto exposure of any kind is a limited blessing. It only works well if the scene is average." If the scene consists primarily of very dark tones (black horse in front of a black wall, a la Fred Picker), the camera will overexpose. The opposite is true when the scene consists primarily of very light tones (bright sky, water, white wall). The photographer always has to evaluate the scene and decide whether to accept the meter reading whether the camera is used in automatic or manual mode. In the case of the M7, even if you only use the aperture priority function in those rare instances when you cannot set the shutter and aperture manually (not enough time or inability to get a meter reading of a known tone--such as the palm of your hand--in the light that is falling on the subject), you still have to set (i.e. "guess") at the aperture setting, since workable aperture/shutter speed combinations with respect on any given film ISO are limited. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html