Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Jo, Good point. You may be on to something. I'll check it out. Cheers Joseph Yao wrote: >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 >> >> >> >> >> > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >