Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/03

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Subject: [Leica] Re: AE compensation on the M7.
From: telyt at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Mon Jan 3 05:48:51 2005

on 1/2/05 10:15 PM, Rick Dykstra at rdcb37@dodo.com.au wrote:

> 
> Feli di Giorgio wrote:
> 
>>> But oh my! It's so simple! It's a quick method to do exposure
>>> compensation!!! Hold the shutter half way down and change the
>>> aperture! Wow! Mother Solm does know best!
> 
> Um, what was wrong with doing it in manual, for all these years?  Take
> a meter reading, adjust the aperture, compensating if necessary, then
> shoot.  ???  :-(

Manual works better for me.  Holding the shutter halfway while following the
subject and waiting for the right posture or expression is much less
reliable than manual IMHO.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com



In reply to: Message from rdcb37 at dodo.com.au (Rick Dykstra) ([Leica] Re: AE compensation on the M7.)