Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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!) > > --Jim Dempsey-- > jjd@jjd.com > http://jjd.com/ >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information