Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Duh. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 1:35 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] M7 Exposure > Right you are. Which is to say: > IF the M6 is a 1953 camera updated with 1962 metering, > THEN the M7 is a 1953 camera updated with 1972 metering. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of John > Collier > Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 12:23 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] M7 Exposure > > > There is no matrix metering, no evaluative exposure, no nothing. The M7 > takes its readings from a light circle on the shutter curtain. That is > it. It is the same as an M6 except the camera twirls the shutter dial > for you; figuratively speaking of course, the shutter speed is changed > electronically. > > John Collier > > On Saturday, December 14, 2002, at 08:46 AM, bdcolen wrote: > > > It struck me that what Bill was quite obviously asking was "how does > > the > > M7 meter handle high contrast situations?" > > > > And you can't seriously be suggesting that "the best way to find out > > what will actually happen is to buy an M7 (for $2400) and forget about > > > this nonsense!" - Perhaps discovering after you've paid $1000 more > > than you'd pay these days for a mint m6TTL that the metering system > > won't handle high contrast situations as well as you hoped. Duh! > > > > B. D. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of J. > > Gilbert > > Plantinga > > Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 7:31 PM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: Re: [Leica] M7 Exposure > > > > > > You're kidding right? Even if you use a manual camera and a spot > > meter, you can't possibly get two medium grey horses unless you take > > two shots on different pieces of film. Duh... > > > > > > > > g. > > > > On Friday, December 13, 2002, at 04:23 PM, Bill Satterfield wrote: > > > >> HOw does the M7 do photographing a side by side black horse and a > >> white horse. Do both come out medium gray 18%? > > > > -- > > 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 > > > > -- > 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 > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html