Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/29

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Subject: [Leica] TECH: Advice and experience requested - M8
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)
Date: Thu Mar 29 17:37:23 2007

Don,

Thanks for the info, I have thought of doing the same thing here, but wanted 
to see if anyone else has seen this.

Gene

-------------- Original message from "Don Dory" <don.dory@gmail.com>: 
-------------- 


> Gene, 
> I have pretty much dialed in a -1/3 stop correction for all exposures. 
> This 
> was based on looking at a lot of histograms and determining what would get 
> it off the right side but not too far to the left. Occasionally I still 
> blow some highlights but now mostly specular. 
> 
> On 3/28/07, grduprey@mchsi.com wrote: 
> > 
> > I have a question for the M8 users, I have noticed that the exposures 
> > from 
> > my M8 seem to be over exposed, quite a bit. I realize the meter pattern 
> > is 
> > different, being center weighted average, instead of the selective spot 
> > of 
> > previous M and R cameras. But I can't seem to figure out the pattern to 
> > where I get the exposure right. Any one else have this problem? Is the 
> > cure to use the EV compensation all the time? Or what am I doing wrong, 
> > that 
> > I got right before? I am using Auto Exposure with the M8, but I use this 
> > with my R8 and seem to get the exposure right 90% of the time ( at least 
> > for 
> > my tastes) 
> > 
> > Gene 
> > 
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> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Don 
> don.dory@gmail.com 
> 
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