Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/21

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Subject: [Leica] re: M5 meter arm
From: jls at runbox.com (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Fri May 21 08:59:03 2004
References: <200405211449.i4LEn5w1011711@vegas.jjd.com>

If that can be verified (that the CLE doesn't use the same meter as the 
CL), someone let me know. I hated giving up the CL, but the metering on it 
drove me nuts. A CLE would still be nice if Konica doesn't pan out 
regarding rumors of a pint-sized M camera.

Jeffery

At 09:49 AM 5/21/2004, you wrote:
>Rich <photovilla@aol.com> writes:
> > The M5 meter arm is similar to the CL/CLE, but not exactly the same.
> >
> > It will only come up when a lens is on the camera.
>
>Correct me if I'm wrong, but I didn't think the CLE had a meter arm at all.
> >From my memory, the CLE used light bouncing off the shutter curtain to
>determine exposure.  The shutter curtain had a funny speckled pattern
>imprinted on it that would cause the read exposure to be a center weighted
>average of the scene.
>
>My Leitz-Minolta CL's meter arm has never had any problems (knock on wood!)
>
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Replies: Reply from firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin) ([Leica] re: M5 meter arm)
Reply from mail at gpsy.com (Karen Nakamura) ([Leica] re: M5 meter arm)
In reply to: Message from jjd at pobox.com (James J Dempsey) ([Leica] re: M5 meter arm)