Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lee: I have not used the 20D, but on my last three Canon digitals, D2000, 1D, 1D MkII, you have to make sure you set the aperture to f1 on the camera. On the 1D series, you set custom function 5 to 2 (cf5-2) and it allows the aperture to be selected even without a lens (or canon lens) mounted. With this CF set, you can spin the aperture dial to f1 with a leica lens mounted and the metering will be proper in AV and M. Regards, Robert +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dear Luggers, I've been metering on my 20D and Leica R lens(using Aperture Priority) on all modes: Evaluative, Partial, Centerweighted Averaging with mix results. Most of the time, regardless of mode, I have to do some manual adjustments, otherwise, the pictures appear dark. Is it possible that with Leica lens, since the AF points are not active, the metering mode is not working optimally. My research suggest I use Partial which is like semi-spot with center 9% being metered. But sometime it doesn't really read the light correctly. Whats the "best" mode to use? Pls share your experience here. Many Thanks Lee -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.361 / Virus Database: 267.12.6/151 - Release Date: 10/28/2005