Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/18

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Subject: [Leica] (OT) I really am not bonding with my X100 :-(
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:08:45 -0500

Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for
yourself. 

-- 
Mark R.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/


> From: John Collier <jbcollier at shaw.ca>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:53:05 -0700
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] (OT) I really am not bonding with my X100 :-(
> 
> My X100 meters very well except for the easily knocked askew compensation
> dial. Check which metering pattern you have selected. I set mine to 
> semi-spot
> as I prefer to make the decision as to what gets metered. Perhaps you have 
> it
> set to "matrix" metering where the camera makes, hopefully, educated 
> guesses
> as to what is going on, seemingly, in this case, without complete success.
> 
> John
> 
> On 2012-01-18, at 8:06 PM, John McMaster wrote:
> 
>> I have not had a re-occurrence of the poor battery issue, +100 shots over
>> several days on a single battery and still showing 3 bars.
>> 
>> However I am now getting poor exposure readings, whether in AP or M mode. 
>> It
>> reads about 2 stops out but sometimes under and sometimes over! That is 
>> with
>> average lighting/background rather than extreme light/dark etc. Also 
>> across
>> a range of apertures from f2.0 to f8 and the exposure compensation dial
>> managed to stay on zero.
>> 
>> I would send it back but it is my only travelling camera until the M9
>> returns :-(
> 
> 
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In reply to: Message from jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier) ([Leica] (OT) I really am not bonding with my X100 :-()