Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I shall hold out for the mini-Hexar RF, should it ever materialize, or the mini-Bessa-R2 should IT ever materialize. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Alastair Firkin Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 7:47 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] re: M5 meter arm the CLE did not have the meter arm, using a dotted pattern on the shutter curtain: I loved mine, but Minolta will not service it and there are part on it that will wear out and "die", so I traded in before it did. It was a sad day, I had the full CLE kit including the dinky leather hand bag, but it had become unreliable and hard to service: about the only camera I've ever been able to part with and strangely one of my most loved On Saturday, May 22, 2004, at 01:58 Australia/Melbourne, Jeffery Smith wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Alastair _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information