Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Lee, In addition, with a non-Canon EF lens mounted, there is no lens as far as the camera is concerned and the only metering mode available is centre-weighted. I do not think you can access matrix or spot or partial modes. What research did you do on this? Bests, Joseph On 31/10/05 8:46 am, "Robert Stevens" <leica@robsteve.com> wrote: > 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 > > >