[Leica] Re: nightclub advice (now EV)

[JCB <jcb@visualimpressions.com>]

At 03:27 PM 8/24/2003 -0700, Sonny Carter wrote:
>I had the distinct impression, though it has been a while since I used one,
>that the Pentax spot meter reports an EV too, and you have to set it on the
>calculator wheel to derive the f stop and shutterspeed.


The Pentax meter DOES NOT read out in EV's. It is simply a number (Pentax 
mistakenly called it EV) that is transferred from the inside to the 
outside. If you set the ASA to 100, then the meter reads in direct EV's. 
But ONLY at that ASA.

But you win one. My Brockway (Studio Deluxe) meter has an LVS scale which 
is indeed EV numbers.

I was speaking about my meters. Leica MC, Brockway, Weston Master II, 
Pentax Digital Spot. Yes, the Brockway has actual EV numbers. The others don't.

Neither do my M6's, my R7's, or my Leica MC meter on my M3.

JB

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