Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 1/29/05 2:08 PM, Feli at feli2@earthlink.net wrote: > How can it be that a massively complex auto exposure system, with more > processing power that the Voyager space probes, can be fooled by a > window light scene, but a system that relies on a single light cell and > a dab of white pain isn't? > > Is this progress? > ;-) > > > feli > Likewise I find it baffling that someone has found a market for a pocket guide to overriding the matrix meter of a specific brand of camera based on color and image size of the subject (birds in this case). I'd think that using a spot meter and knowing what it's telling you would be quicker and simpler - and would apply to many more situations than the pocket guide can. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com